WORC and Democracy Forward Demand End to Closed Door Meetings that Develop Policies Harmful to Western Ranchers, Landowners and Communities. Today, Western Organization of Resource Councils and Democracy Forward filed a preliminary injunction in our ongoing lawsuit to stop the … Continued
Judge requires Trump Administration to conduct an environmental review that takes climate change and other factors into account. Last night, Judge Brian Morris may have delivered the final blow to TransCanada’s Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, vacating the 2017 record … Continued
BLM’s Rollback of protections wastes taxpayer-owned resources, endangers public health, and gravely impacts climate change. Last month, WORC groups, along with a coalition of seventeen conservation and Native organizations, filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s replacement of the BLM … Continued
RENEWyoming Shows Wyoming’s Vast Potential for a Solar Energy Revolution Through Grassroots Storytelling. Written by Hesid Brandow of Powder River Basin Resource Council. Powder River launched our RENEWyoming campaign in the spring of 2018. The campaign has a couple of … Continued
A friendly reminder of how important it is to vote in our Western states. November 6th is only seven days away. Now is a great time to review your ballot options and find your polling place. Just as important as … Continued
Welcome to Homegrown Stories’ new website. We’re excited to announce the launch of our new Homegrown Stories website! The team made significant changes to the site to deliver a more interactive, informative, and easier to use experience. Homegrown Stories is … Continued
As a new farm crisis looms, Farm Aid continues using great music to bring people together in support of independent producers. Written by WORC DC Representative Sara Cawley. It’s a sunny afternoon in Rhode Island, and I’m holding a live … Continued
Meet Kelli Twoteeth, community activist, organizer, and recent Montana House District 79 candidate. This month Western Native Voice spoke with Kelli Twoteeth. Kelli ran in House District 79 in a recent special election and is currently a community organizer with … Continued
Above: Wayne Moccasin points at where a strip coal mine proposed by Gillette-based Cloud Peak Energy would head through his family’s land. Together with four of his siblings, he has declined leasing offers from the coal company even as the Crow … Continued
As demand for coal continues to fall, new rules reduce the threat that Wyoming taxpayers will be stuck with cleanup costs when coal mines go bankrupt. On September 19, the Wyoming Dept. of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) Land Quality Advisory Board … Continued