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Oct 15 2014

Industry Exerts Direct and Subtle Sway At Meeting

By sjca Durango Herald Column, Oil & Gas

Can democracy work if corporations are free to spend their limitless plunder to affect the outcome of community dialogue and electoral politics? Last week, our community got a firsthand look at the dysfunction that results when ill-gotten gains bump up…

Oct 14 2014

New Conservation International Video Series – Nature is Speaking

By sjca Forest Health, Lands Protection, Of Interest

Wow. A new and really hard-hitting storyline from Conservation International. Nature Doesn’t Need People, People Need Nature. Check out the storyline – told through a series of short vidoes – at natureisspeaking.org. Here’s one narrated by Julia Roberts: https://youtu.be/WmVLcj-XKnM?list=PL5WqtuU6JrnXjsGO4WUpJuSVmlDcEgEYb

Oct 12 2014

Methane Hot Spot Over Four Corners

By Mike Eisenfeld Climate Change, Coal, Oil & Gas

There has been a lot of press in the last week about a newly discovered methane hot-spot over the Four Corners. No surprise here at the Alliance. We’ve been fighting coal mines and working to highlight the problems with methane…

Oct 01 2014

True Democracy Created Plan For Hermosa Creek

By sjca Durango Herald Column, Lands Protection, Rivers

What does democracy look like? Last week, I marched through the streets of Manhattan with a crowd 400,000 strong. I could hardly keep count of the number of times march participants trotted out the tried and true protest slogan: This…

Industry Exerts Direct and Subtle Sway At Meeting

New Conservation International Video Series – Nature is Speaking

Methane Hot Spot Over Four Corners

True Democracy Created Plan For Hermosa Creek

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