Oct 25, 2016 | Climate & Energy
Protecting Colorado’s Uncompahgre Region from Fracking and Coal Mining In Western Colorado’s Uncompahgre region, sometimes called the North Fork Valley, organic farms flourish like nowhere else in the state. But the Bureau of Land Management has presented a...
Sep 28, 2016 | Climate & Energy
VICTORY! Federal Oil and Gas Leasing Challenge The Obama Administration sold more than 10 million acres of public land rights to the oil and gas industry, often for as little as $2.00 per acre. That’s an area 50 percent larger than Yellowstone, Everglades, Grand...
Jul 18, 2016 | Climate & Energy
Protecting the Colorado River Valley From Fossil Fuel Development Through the Colorado River Valley Resource Management Plan, the Bureau of Land Management opened up 147,000 acres to oil and gas leasing without any analysis of climate change or impacts to human health...
May 2, 2016 | Climate & Energy
Protecting the Santa Fe National Forest from Fracking Despite more than a hundred protests from citizens and organizations, The Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service auctioned 20,000 acres of the Santa Fe National Forest for fracking. The lease sales...
Feb 12, 2016 | Climate & Energy
VICTORY! Keeping 6 Billion Tons of Powder River Basin Coal in the Ground WELC is working with our partners toward the goal of keeping 6 billion tons of Powder River Basin coal in the ground. As we hurdle toward the point of no return on climate, the federal Bureau of...
Mar 10, 2015 | Climate & Energy
VICTORY! Protecting Chaco Canyon and the San Juan Basin From Fracking With two mine-to-mouth coal-fired power plants and some 23,000 existing gas wells, New Mexico’s San Juan Basin is one of the areas in the U.S. most exploited for fossil fuel resources. Despite...
Jan 29, 2015 | Climate & Energy
VICTORY! Stopping the Piñon Pipeline in New Mexico Based on our advocacy efforts, community opposition and economics, Saddle Butte San Juan, LLC, which had proposed the Piñon Gathering System Project, withdrew its application, effectively killing the Piñon Pipeline...
Sep 29, 2012 | Climate & Energy
Reducing Methane Pollution on Public Lands: BLM/EPA Waste Rules WELC works with a broad coalition of advocates toward the goal Reducing Methane Pollution on Public Lands. The oil and gas industry is the nation’s second largest industrial climate polluter after power...
Sep 5, 2012 | Climate & Energy
Protecting Colorado’s North Fork Valley from Reckless Fracking Located on the western slope of Colorado, surrounded by tall peaks and bordered by the Black Canyon National Park, the fertile North Fork Valley, named for the branch of the Gunnison River, is famous...