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March 18, 2020

Rolling with the punches — a legislative update

WOW. How is everyone hanging in there? In just a matter of months, weeks, and days – our world as we know it has turned on […]
March 17, 2020

Conservation and community organizations respond to COGCC’s new draft rules to put health and safety first

DENVER – Today, the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) released new draft rules to implement SB19-181, Protect Public Welfare Oil and Gas Operations. These rules are a critical […]
March 13, 2020
Hands being washed

Our Alliance’s response to coronavirus

After careful consideration of the current Center for Disease Control recommendations and out of an abundance of caution, our Alliance is adjusting our current work and activities to limit the […]
February 18, 2020

Goodbyes and hellos

Saying goodbye is hard… especially when the people to whom we’re saying goodbye are so enormously special. In late 2019, we bid adieu to Kelly Dougherty, […]
February 17, 2020

Loving our Public Lands!

At the recent Ouray Ice Festival, we asked people why they love Public Lands. Their answers were as varied as the people themselves!
February 17, 2020

A new chapter for homegrown prosperity

America was built on coal. Colorado too. Coal provided the cheap, abundant fuel that powered our country’s industrialization, peaking at nearly 900,000 mining jobs in 1923 […]
February 17, 2020

“We were looking at a future of skiing on rocks.”

In a time of national climate dereliction, Patrick Church is a radical optimist. A New Hampshire native turned Crested Butte high country adventurer, Patrick’s first winter […]
February 17, 2020

A big win for clean air in Western Colorado

The Alliance secured an important win with the Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) last December. New rules were adopted during the last AQCC rulemaking process which […]
February 17, 2020

Stirring pots for 40 years

I suppose we’ve all had experiences where we’ve felt out of bounds. I don’t mean stepping out of bounds while playing a game, or slicing a […]