This piece was originally drafted by the Campaign for Family Farms and the Environment and published in The Hill. Congress is debating the wrong parts of the Farm Bill and it’s breaking rural America. They are either out of touch … Continued
WORC members outline multiple areas of concern and possible illegality associated with the Royalty Policy Committee. On September 13th, 2018, Ryan Zinke’s industry-stacked Royalty Policy Committee met in Denver, Colorado. WORC was there, represented by Western Colorado Alliance member Barbara Vasquez. … Continued
BLM follows EPA’s lead, gutting rules that limit dangerous air pollution and wasting a valuable public resource. Yesterday, the Bureau of Land Management announced a replacement to the Obama Administration’s 2016 methane waste prevention standard requiring the oil and gas industry … Continued
Written by chairman of Western Colorado Alliance for Community Action’s Oil and Gas Committee Rodger Steen and reprinted from Grand Junction Sentinel. New Federal methane rules ignore the fact that states like Colorado have shown that methane can be captured cost-effectively, leading … Continued
Coal company trying to open new mine in Wyoming led by brothers convicted in “one of the largest tax fraud cases ever filed”. Note: In recent years, landowners near Sheridan, Wyo., banded together with Powder River Basin Resource Council to … Continued
Meet Joshlynn Snow, Gates Millennium Scholar advocating for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Violence Against Women Act. This month Western Native Voice spoke with Joshlynn Snow, a Gates Millennium Scholar about her recent Washington D.C. leadership experience … Continued
Colstrip’s transmission infrastructure and skilled workforce give the city a big advantage as a hub for clean energy projects. Written by WORC Energy Intern Kate Manzer. Last week, former Public Service Commissioner and longtime Northern Plains member Tom Schneider visited … Continued
Northern Plains Chair Becky Mitchell details attacks on 1st Amendment rights by state legislatures around our region. Written by Northern Plains Chair Becky Mitchell. “Stop. Hey, what’s that Sound? Everybody look – What’s going down?” – Stephen Stills At the Montana … Continued
Above, an oil rig sits dormant. When companies abandon wells, taxpayers are left to foot the cleanup costs. As oil and gas wells are abandoned, a Government Accountability Office report shows that BLM is not accurately accounting for orphaned wells … Continued
USDA label rule lets multinational corporations mislead consumers. Dear Docket Clerk, Thank you for considering our public comments. The Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC) is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization headquartered in Billings, Montana, with offices in Colorado and Washington, … Continued