NOTE: Alma Winberry of Great Falls participated in Northern Plains’ first Lobby Day of the 2017 session on Jan. 25. Here are her thoughts on learning to be a grassroots lobbyist. At the Northern Plains Resource Council’s Lobby Day at … Continued
WORC’s Principles of Community Organizing training drew more than 30 participants from across WORC’s network to Grand Junction, Colo., in February. The hands-on workshop covers the basics of leadership, fundraising, organizational development, and community organizing and is the cornerstone of … Continued
During the hearing on South Dakota’s General Permit for Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO), former Dakota Rural Action Chair Don Kelley was prepared to give testimony about the rapidly worsening issue of antibiotics resistance and how CAFO’s contribute to the … Continued
The Department of the Interior’s Office of Natural Resource Revenue (ONRR) has stayed implementation of a new rule regarding how royalties on federal coal, oil and gas are calculated until resolution of pending litigation. A 2012 Reuters investigation revealed that … Continued
It’s been a rocky ride for coal export proposals out of the Pacific Northwest. Back in 2012, there were six coal export projects in Oregon and Washington state. This month, for the first time in six years, there are zero … Continued
Highlighting maps created in collaboration with the Western Organization of Research Councils of radioactive oil and gas exploration and production wastes. By Kyle Ferrar, MPH, Western Program Coordinator, FracTracker Alliance Scott Skokos, Regional Organizer, Western Organization of Research Councils The … Continued
WORC’s newest digital resource, the WORC Oil and Gas Waste Mapping Project, maps the oil and gas waste stream in four Western states: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, and Wyoming. The project is a visual follow-up to WORC report, No Time … Continued
Does oil and gas development and degraded soil contribute to poor air quality on the Fort Berthold Reservation? That’s what a group of students from Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College think may be happening. They have monitored the release of particulate … Continued
Last June, I traveled to Moonstone Farm near Montevideo, Minnesota to participate in their annual women’s gathering. A ceremony was held there, wherein congregants combined water from sources important to us and pledged to defend the resource from harm. I … Continued
Use of the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to rollback Obama Administration rules has been a subject of controversy since the start of the Trump Administration. The CRA is an obscure process used only one time prior to 2017. Organizations, pundits, … Continued