Western Organization of Resource Councils

Above: Coal ash at the generating plant in Colstrip, Montana, is kept in water-filled ponds. 91% of coal ash ponds around the U.S. leak into local aquifers contaminating groundwater. After pressu...

https://www.worc.org/epa-protects-coal-communities-by-requiring-coal-power-companies-to-clean-up-their-coal-ash-ponds/

After decades of grassroots organizing, BLM’s new oil and gas bonding standards will help ensure taxpayers and frontline communities no longer have to suffer from the environmental impacts of a...

https://www.worc.org/western-ranchers-and-communities-applaud-new-federal-onshore-oil-and-gas-leasing-rule/

The elective pay provisions in the IRA offer rural electric co-ops, municipalities, and other entities an opportunity to receive direct cash funding to build renewable energy projects.  An often...

https://www.worc.org/direct-pay-tax-credits-promise-to-add-flexibility-and-efficiency-for-rural-electric-co-ops-trying-to-add-renewable-energy-to-their-grids/

Above: an “orange cloud,” toxic gasses sometimes created when blasting overburden in coal strip mines, drifts on the breeze, endangering communities downwind. WORC members living near coal mi...

https://www.worc.org/final-osmre-rule-restores-important-citizen-complaint-process-for-coal-mines/

USDA’s newest P&SA update is a solid step towards reigning in discriminatory, retaliatory, and deceptive behavior by transnational meatpackers. Now, packers are lobbying Congress to get the rul...

https://www.worc.org/usdas-phase-2-update-to-the-packers-and-stockyards-act-is-good-news-for-family-farmers-and-ranchers-looking-for-fair-markets/

While we’re a little behind in getting this out, we couldn’t be more proud of the work we accomplished in 2023! The Western Organization of Resource Councils made remarkable strides in 2023. ...

https://www.worc.org/looking-back-at-worcs-impacts-in-2023/

ABOVE: Don’t know where your beef comes from? You’re not alone. USDA’s new guidelines for voluntary labeling of beef restore some transparency to our food system, but it will take an act of...

https://www.worc.org/usda-closes-loophole-that-allowed-transnational-meatpackers-to-claim-imported-beef-was-from-usa/

We’re excited to introduce WORC’s new executive director, Deb Love.  By: Paula Antoine, WORC Board Chair It is with great enthusiasm that the Western Organization of Resource Councils (WORC)...

https://www.worc.org/worc-announces-new-executive-director/

New animated short film shows how rural electric cooperatives with over 42 million members can lead the transition to clean energy. This week, WORC as part of the Rural Power Coalition (RPC) cele...

https://www.worc.org/power-to-the-people-shows-the-history-of-rural-electric-co-ops-and-their-power-to-shape-the-clean-energy-revolution/

After a decade of grassroots organizing, EPA finally orders a stop to routine venting and flaring of methane from new sources.  Routine venting and flaring of gas has been polluting our atmosphe...

https://www.worc.org/celebrating-a-grassroots-win-epas-section-111-methane-rule/