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Week 9 legislative roundup, now with more actions! March 14, 2017

We’re entering week ten of the Idaho Legislature, the home stretch, but there’s still work to be done. The Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee has finished up agency budgets meaning the bulk of their work is complete. However, the grocery … Continued

2017 Legislative Update, Week 5 February 10, 2017

Last Monday we hosted our 2nd Grassroots Lobby Day at the Idaho Capitol. IORC members met with legislators on both sides of the aisle to talk grocery tax and our concerns with oil and gas development in Idaho. We’ve got a lot to … Continued

IORC Joins Dozens of Organizations Calling on Congress to Oppose Overturning BLM Methane Waste Rule January 31, 2017

January 31, 2017 Dear Member of Congress, On behalf of our millions of members and supporters, we write to urge you to oppose any effort to use the Congressional Review Act to overturn the Bureau of Land Management’s Methane … Continued

2017 Legislative Roundup, Week 3 January 27, 2017

We are just finishing up the third week of the 2017 Idaho Legislative session and things are moving at a brisk pace. Changes are coming for oil and gas. Last year the Idaho Legislature approved legislation that put the pedal to … Continued

Fair Market Standards are Good for Independent Farmers and Ranchers December 16, 2016

Billings, Mont. – Mabel Dobbs, a rancher from Weiser, Idaho, and member of the Western Organization of Resource Councils, issued the following statement on decisions this week affecting independent cattle producers. Today, the Grains Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration announced … Continued

Press Release: Public Health and Environmental Groups Move to Defend Standards to Reduce Waste of Natural Gas on Public Lands December 5, 2016

Groups Seek to Join Lawsuit to Oppose Challenges to the Standards (December 2, 2016) Fifteen national, regional, tribal and local public health and environmental groups representing millions of Americans took legal steps today to defend new standards that will reduce … Continued

IORC Stands with Standing Rock December 2, 2016

The Idaho Organization of Resource Councils (IORC) stands in solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline and their ongoing fight to protect precious clean water, cultural resources, sovereign tribal lands, and human rights. … Continued

Press Release: WORC Issues Statement on Methane Pollution Standards November 16, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 15, 2016 FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Linda Weiss, Chair of WORC’s Oil & Gas Team, (701) 575-4234, or Scott Skokos or Kevin Dowling, WORC staff, (406) 252-9672 WORC welcomes cuts on methane pollution on federal and … Continued

Press Release: Grassroots Groups Defeat the TPP November 15, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 15, 2016 Contact: Breland Draper, IORC, 208-991-4451; Christina Stucker-Gassi, 208-888-5024 Last week, the Obama administration announced that they would no longer push the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a bad trade deal that the administration hoped to pass … Continued

Op-ed: TPP trade deal will burden American farmers October 28, 2016

BY EILEEN STACHOWSKI AND CHRISTINA STUCKER-GASSI We want to make one thing clear, the Trans-Pacific Partnership has nothing to do with national security. It’s an agreement written by corporate lawyers to support multinational corporations and suppress the sovereignty of t … Continued

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