Western Colorado Alliance member Leslie Robinson spoke out at the Protect Your Voice rally in Denver on Tuesday morning. Afterward she testified at the hearing regarding changes to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). “We should be strengthening NEPA regulations, not destroying them,” Robinson said. “The oil and gas industry gets enough tax breaks, subsidies, […]
February 7, 2020
Colorado Rising notifies COGCC of possible legal action for failed penalty enforcement Oil and gas severance tax violations should and can be enforced Denver, CO — On February 5, Colorado Rising for Communities, the sister organization to Colorado Rising, sent a letter to the Director of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Jeff Robbins, […]
February 4, 2020
Colorado Rising files complaint with COGCC over oil & gas severance tax reporting failure DENVER, CO — Today, February 4, 2020, Colorado Rising for Communities, the sister organization to Colorado Rising, submitted a complaint with the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission seeking enforcement and penalties against 316 oil and gas operators for their failure […]
February 1, 2020
A group of doctors with the Canadian Association of Physician’s for the Environment (CAPE) released a report on January 29 that provides evidence to support a ban on all fracking operations in Canada The report, Fractures in the Bridge: Unconventional (Fracked) Natural Gas, Climate Change and Human Health, calls for a moratorium on all new […]
January 21, 2020
Rolling Stone investigation adds damning new evidence to the body of work collected by Earthworks on the risks of radioactive oil and gas waste America’s Radioactive Secret Oil-and-gas wells produce nearly a trillion gallons of toxic waste a year. An investigation shows how it could be making workers sick and contaminating communities across America Statement […]
January 21, 2020
Blowout Corrupted Democracy, Rogue State Russia, and the Richest, Most Destructive Industry on Earth By Rachel Maddow Crown October 2019 In the introduction, Rachel Maddow cleverly establishes the theme of Blowout with a scene from Manhattan in the autumn of 2003. If not for constant news reports of roadside IEDs and mounting casualties amid the […]
January 16, 2020
Colorado Rising files declaratory action in Longmont fracking ban lawsuit Declaratory action asks Colorado courts to hold that Longmont’s fracking ban is no longer out of compliance with state law with the passage of SB 19-181 Longmont, CO — Tuesday, January 14 2020, Colorado Rising, the citizen group behind Proposition 112, submitted a declaratory judgment […]
January 15, 2020
This Op-Ed by David Marston was published in The Daily Sentinel on January 10. Marston owns commercial property in Delta County and lives in New York City, N.Y. I attempted to get his permission to repost his piece in full but I was not able to make contact. Unfortunately readers will need to click through […]
January 10, 2020
By Phil Doe As children, we liked to pretend to be adults, usually our parents, but sometimes great athletes and screen idols. My dad was a railroader. My brothers and I often played with his lantern, which was used as a signal light for communication between trainmen at the front and backend of the train. […]
January 9, 2020
The New Year brings a flurry of news surrounding Rocky Mountain Resources (RMR) and the Mid-Continent Quarry — aka Glenwood Springs strip mine. On Monday morning we awoke to the news that Chad Brownstein had resigned as CEO at RMR. RMR CEO resigns, company on rocky financial ground had Brownstein resigned his position as CEO […]
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February 12, 2020
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