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Monthly Archives: May 2015

WCC joins BLM plan protests

Posted on May 22, 2015 by WCC

76% of managed lands to remain open to oil & gas drilling by Emily Hornback, WCC Organizer In early May, Western Colorado Congress joined with two other groups in formally protesting the proposed management plan for more than 1 million … Continue reading →

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Posted in Oil and Gas, Public Lands | Tagged Grand Junction BLM, Resource Managment Plan, RMP, Wilderness

Expansion of Cottage Foods law passes!

Posted on May 22, 2015 by WCC

Win on “Pickle Law” tops WCC’s 2015 legislative scorecard by Rachel Zatterstrom, WCC Organizer While the 2015 state legislative session, which ended on May 6, was not one of the Colorado General Assembly’s more productive performances, it was an exciting … Continue reading →

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Posted in Civic engagement, Legislature, Local Foods, Oil and Gas, Public Lands | Tagged Cottage Foods Act, HB15-1102, HB15-1119, pickle law, SB15-93

Oil & gas proposals headed to rule-making

Posted on May 22, 2015 by WCC

by Emily Hornback, WCC Organizer Bob Arrington called it. Writing in the Spring edition of WCC’s newsletter, the Clarion, he predicted that meaningful reform was unlikely to come out of Gov. John Hickenlooper’s Oil and Gas Task Force, which was … Continue reading →

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Posted in Oil and Gas | Tagged COGCC, Garfield County, Hickenlooper, oil & gas drilling, oil & gas task force, rule-making

Threat of drilling grows for Battlement Mesa

Posted on May 22, 2015 by WCC

by Emily Hornback, WCC Organizer The latest chapter of Battlement Mesa’s ten-year campaign to keep drilling out of the community is about to begin, as Ursa Resources prepares to apply for permits from Garfield County and the Colorado Oil and … Continue reading →

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Posted in Oil and Gas | Tagged Battlement Mesa, BCC, Garfield County, GVCA

Call for COOL today!

Posted on May 6, 2015 by WCC

Help protect Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) of our foods! TODAY (May 6th) is National Call-In Day to Pres. Obama (Call Toll Free 888-793-4597) Consumer and farm advocates fought for more than a decade to get country of origin labels … Continue reading →

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Posted in Civic engagement, Local Foods | Tagged COOL, Country of Origin Labeling, Obama, WTO
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