The Colorado Independent will be hosting a free panel on boom-time fracking and local control. The governor’s drilling task force has wrapped up its work. A new election cycle is beginning. Where are we at now, Colorado? • What can local officials do and not do through zoning power or other mechanisms to control where drilling takes place? • What is the mood among residents on the ground in the Front Range gas patch? • Has anything significant changed politically…

If you live in the Ft. Collins area, plan to attend a forum on Climate Action this Sunday. Panelists • Dr. Scott Denning: Montfort Professor of Atmospheric Science at CSU • Dr. Shannon McNeeley: Research Scientist, Natural Resource Ecology Lab • Susan Riederer: Climate Action Ministry, UU Church of Boulder • Peter Sawtell, Executive Director, Eco-Justice Ministries

How can you have more say on what happens in the community where you live? Join the Colorado Community Rights Network on 12/14, and learn about community rights issues affecting our state, like: Fracking Toxic Municipal Waste Dumping Factory Farms Mining & Toxic Waste GMO Agriculture Contamination Labor Issues Livable Wage Trans Pacific Partnership Effect Rights of Nature You'll hear a 30-minute presentation followed by an engaging panel discussion (30-45 mins), with audience Q&A and networking to follow: Presentation -…

Fellow Colorado organizations, alliances, community members and other interested groups: Since early 2015, an important coalition has been forming. This coalition focuses on the power of the District Attorney's office as well as on the critical 2016 D.A.‘s election. This movement began with an unprecedented effort to recall current DA Mitch Morrissey from office, an effort which helped educate the public about the influence of the District Attorney--Colorado’s highest paid state elected official. The D.A.’s office has the potential to…

REJECT THE TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP! Join us for a public forum and Q & A on the the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which is a dangerous trade agreement that risks jobs, food safety and the environment. The TPP would: Compromise our democracy Cost American jobs (like NAFTA did) Increase imports of unsafe fish Threaten food labeling and other consumer protections Promote fracking, a dangerous drilling method Congressman Perlmutter will be a key vote in whether or not the TPP passes - we…

Join us for an informative discussion with Phil Doe, Guest Speaker & Environmental Director for Be the Change   Food & Drink available in hotel at Monroe’s Grill Free Admission  

                      Join: Cliff Willmeng, community organizer for East Boulder County United and the Colorado Community Rights Network Thomas Linzey Esq,Executive Director of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund   The legal system has spoken: we are not allowed to defend our land, our water, our rights, and our families from this dangerous industry.   This forum is for those of us ready to protect the people and places we hold most…