It’s time to reform the laws that impact western homes, farms, and ranches when it comes to fossil fuel development. Dawn Stein’s home in Greeley, Colorado, is dwarfed by a 32-foot sound wall. Roughly 1,000 feet away, you can glimpse … Continued
Powder River Basin Resource Council webinar series brings together experts to talk about the tools and resources available for a planned transition to a new, diversified Wyoming economy. Adapted from an article in Powder River Basin Resource Council’s August 2020 … Continued
Western Organization of Resource Councils and Democracy Forward sue to halt all NCC activity until Trump administration complies with federal transparency law. On October 15th, 2020, Western Organization of Resource Councils, sued the Trump administration for violating the Federal Advisory … Continued
WORC and other groups are back in court protecting the land, air, and climate from the BLM’s disastrous coal leasing program. WORC and its member groups Powder River Basin Resource Council and Northern Plains Resource Council and other organizations were … Continued
WORC’s new report highlights how, as the coal industry collapses, mine reclamation jobs will be vital to the transition of coal communities. The collapse of the coal industry is devastating small communities across the Western United States. Reclaiming these mined … Continued
A new proposed rule aims to rewrite federal law and overturn decades of practice to allow state regulators to protect coal companies over coal communities or mine neighbors. If you live near a coal mine and you notice something wrong … Continued
New platform offers strategies that will create economic justice and resilience for coal-dependent communities as the coal industry declines. As the coal industry declines across the country and in our region, the Western Organization of Resource Councils is working to … Continued
As Congress shapes the latest round of COVID-19 response legislation, our government must invest funds in the future that America needs. We’ve worked with our members to build a recovery roadmap we’re calling, “A COVID-19 Response for a Resilient Rural America” … Continued
The National Mining Association is pushing for a bailout that will hurt the most vulnerable by cutting payments that compensate coal miners, coal communities, and coal-mining states for the impacts and damages of coal mining. -Coal industry proposal would create … Continued
The Trump Administration is “using the COVID-19 crisis as an excuse to let polluters off the hook”, allowing for unchecked pollution and putting vulnerable populations at even higher risk. On March 26th, 2020, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an … Continued