Operators being held accountable, or business as usual? BACKGROUND: As you know, we have helped publicize the shocking report that our friends at PSR Colorado, Sierra Club, and FracTracker Alliance released two months ago. They showed that most oil and gas companies in Colorado had been illegally ignoring rules adopted in 2022, which required chemical
ECMC HAS FAILED TO ENFORCE FRACKING CHEMICAL DISCLOSURE LAWS FOR YEARS A damning report by Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), PSR Colorado, Colorado Sierra Club, and FracTracker Alliance shows that oil and gas operators in Colorado are out of compliance with a 2022 Colorado law requiring them to report all chemicals used in fracking wells.
Join CORFC’s Youth Advisory Committee! Colorado Rising for Communities’ Youth Advisory Committee is a program to cultivate more youth leaders in the climate movement. The committee will be made up of ten youth, aged 12-18, and will meet biweekly from June through September. Those on the committee will work towards making positive, localized community impacts.
This weekend (on May 4th!), we hosted an Outdoor Series event focussed on the Dolores Canyons National Monument proposal. Colorado Rising is part of a coalition of conservation organizations, community groups, and businesses working to conserve nearly 400,000 acres of public lands in Western Colorado, including the Dolores Canyons National Monument. Our gathering at the lively Sanitas Brewery was
A WIN FOR ACTIVISM! 1/24/24 UPDATE: the ECMC just voted 4 to 1 to deny drilling permits for the additional 18 fracking wells at the Coyote Pad! This amazingly good result shows why it is SO important for the public to speak out and keep sending comments to Colorado’s O&G regulators and to our elected
INFORMATIVE 2023 REPORT DETAILS THE DAMAGE O&G IS DOING AND OFFERS SOLUTIONS Our friends at the Colorado Fiscal Institute have studied the issues in depth and offer this report “At Odds With the Outdoor Economy – Comparing Colorado’s Outdoor Recreation and Oil and Gas Industries.” Colorado is known for its skiing, mountain climbing, biking, fishing,