WCC in the News
Here’s a list of recent media coverage of WCC and its chapters:
- Social justice, local ties feature high in lineup for MountainFilm on Tour - Grand Junction Sentinel, Nov. 6, 2015 - Preview of the popular annual night of outdoor films with a social-justice theme, presented by WCC and our Mesa County chapter.
- GarCo Planning Commission approves Ursa’s Battlement plans - Glenwood Springs Post Independent, Oct. 29, 2015. Crappy article, but the photos show our peeps rallying.
- Sometime smelly ponds at Deer Creek just a pilot for bigger planned project - Grand Junction Sentinel, Oct. 25, 2015. Residents of a rural Mesa County neighborhood are impacted by oil and gas wastewater disposal site.
- Battle over Battlement Mesa’s backyard: State residential drilling debate playing out with Ursa proposal - Grand Junction Sentinel, Oct. 11, 2015. (pdf) Front-page feature story highlighting Battlement Concerned Citizens’ campaign, which WCC is supporting.
- Proposals for local input on Colorado oil, gas locations under fire - Denver Post/AP, Oct. 7, 2015. “We’re getting thrown under the bus here,” said Leslie Robinson, president of WCC’s Garfield County chapter.
- Lease swap could threaten North Fork Valley’s wildlife - Aspen Daily News, Oct. 5, 2015. WCC member Bill Day leads a tour of the proposed lease-swap receiving area.
- Public packs hearing on Ursa plans in Battlement - Glenwood Springs Post Independent, Sept. 27, 2015. Battlement Concerned Citizens turns out its people.
- Solar workshops planned for governments - Glenwood Springs Post Independent, Sept. 14, 2015 (pdf)
- Drilling plans displease Battlement Mesa residents - Glenwood Springs Post Independent, Sept. 2, 2015 (pdf)
- Battlement Mesa plan set for review; citizens preparing - Grand Junction Sentinel, Aug. 27, 2015 (pdf)
- Wait for mines’ revival prompts controversy - Montrose Daily Press, July 29, 2015 (pdf)
- Citizens, GarCo execs meet today with energy commission - Grand Junction Sentinel, July 29, 2015 (pdf)
- EPA study says fracking does not directly affect drinking water, some say study is misleading - KKCO Channel 11, June 11, 2015 (pdf)
- Expansion of Colorado’s cottage food law broadens available product categories - Grand Junction Sentinel, June 10, 2015 (pdf)
- Expanding cottage food laws: Bill increases fresh-from-farm options - Montrose Daily Press, June 10, 2015 (pdf)
- Cottage Cuisine - The Watch, March 15, 2015
- Guidelines for oil, gas are released - Grand Junction Sentinel, Feb. 24, 2015 (pdf)
- COGCC streamlines complaint-filing process - Glenwood Springs Post Independent, Feb. 10, 2015
- Guest opinion: O&G task force is ignoring health evidence - Glenwood Springs Post Independent, Feb. 5, 2015 (pdf)
- Drill, maybe, drill - The Watch, Jan. 29, 2015 (pdf)
- Activists in Rifle make feelings known on energy’s ‘West Slope Way’ - Grand Junction Sentinel, Dec. 10, 2014 (pdf)
- Appeal stalls oil drilling by Fram - Grand Junction Sentinel, Sept. 14, 2014
- Probe of fetal defects in drilling area of Garfield County drags on - Denver Post, April 25, 2014