Right now, over 40% of the coal that is mined in the United States comes from public lands controlled by the Obama Administration, who continues to allow it to be leased and burned by the coal industry. Extracting this coal from public lands ignores the warnings of climate scientists, who have told us over and over again that 80% of fossil fuels must stay in the ground if we are going to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. Despite…

Please join us September 23 in Denver to help reduce dangerous methane pollution and toxic air emissions from the Oil & Gas industry! The EPA has recently proposed first-ever federal rules to reduce methane pollution, which contributes significantly to climate change, and they are conducting a public hearing to get your comments.   If you wish to speak at the hearing, you need to pre-register at epa.gov/airquality/oilandgas/registration.html.  Comments are limited to 5 minutes.   WHAT: EPA public hearing on proposed regulations to cut down on methane…

This Wednesday, the Colorado Public utilities Commission hear testimony regarding Xcel's petition to dismiss Boulder's proposal to buy out Xcel and form it's own municipal utility company.  Please attend if possible, or send a letter in support of Boulder's municipality  to            dora_PUC_complaints@state.co.us.   This is an extremely important issue, for it represents the move toward local control, distributive energy, and the move away from fossil fuels.      

Come Join North Metro Neighbors at the Thornton City Council meeting to request a moratorium on fracking in our city! Bring your family! Bring your kids! Bring your neighbor! Show the Thornton City Council that we are FAMILIES that will be affected by this activity!

Continuation of a public hearing to consider a Use by Special Review (Triple Creek Directional Project) to allow up to 22 oil & gas wells, 22 separators, 22 crude oil tanks and two produced water tanks on approximately 69 acres of property currently zoned R-L (Residential Low Density) Project Name: Triple Creek Directional Oil and Gas Project Case No.: USR 6:14 Applicant: Extraction Oil and Gas, LLC Location: West of 71st Avenue, north of 18th Street and south of the…