Emily Hornback

July 26, 2021

Job Announcement: Office Administrator and Bookkeeper

Posted: July 19, 2021 Application deadline: August 27 or until position is filled.  Western Colorado Alliance for Community Action is seeking a full-time Office Administrator and […]
June 18, 2021

The RECLAIM Act sets the stage for a “Just Transition” for coal communities

As coal communities grapple with existing economic decline and public health risks made significantly worse by the COVID-19 crisis, the Revitalizing the Economy of Coal Communities […]
April 2, 2021

The path to homegrown prosperity

As national politicians debate infrastructure spending bills and how to “build back better,” Colorado has led the nation by creating a first-of-its-kind plan to transition communities […]
January 8, 2021

Just Transitions to Homegrown Prosperity webinar series

We know that the county is still absorbing the events that took place yesterday in Washington D.C. We are living through historic times and tests of […]
December 4, 2020

After 40 years, our eyes are still on the road ahead

As 2020 draws to a close, our Alliance is reflecting not only on a historic year, but 40 years of grassroots organizing across Western Colorado. And […]
November 9, 2020

The Election

Before we say a word about the results of the election, we want to thank you. This year, more than any other in our past, our […]
October 1, 2020

A victory 20 years in the making

This week, after 20 years of grassroots organizing with impacted landowners and everyday folks across Western Colorado, Western Colorado Alliance and our allies won precedent-setting rules […]
August 27, 2020

Good News in the Coalfields: Reclamation Jobs a step closer to reality

This summer, as fossil fuel markets around the globe crashed and left many a rural economy on shaky ground, work was a afoot in the Halls […]
July 24, 2020

Western Colorado Alliance supports effort to keep oil and gas initiatives off November ballot

DENVER — Today, Governor Jared Polis announced an agreement between environmental groups and the oil and gas industry to end the Colorado oil and gas ballot wars in 2020 […]