WORC is a regional network of seven grassroots community organizations that include 10,000 members and 45 local chapters. WORC helps its member groups succeed by providing training and coordinating issue work.
(editor’s note.) WORC is still online in 2025!
Our Member Organizations are:
- Dakota Rural Action
- Dakota Resource Council
- Idaho Rural Council
- Northern Plains Resource Council
- Oregon Rural Action
- Powder River Basin Resource Council
- Western Colorado Congress
WORC’s mission is to advance the vision of a democratic, sustainable, and just society through community action. WORC is committed to building sustainable environmental and economic communities that balance economic growth with the health of people and stewardship of their land, water, and air resources.
See also: Mead Gruver. Group: Survey shows ill health in Wyoming ‘fracking’ zone. 19 Aug 2010. AP. Casper Star-Tribune.
Powder River Basin Resource Council and EARTHWORKS release a survey showing residents report respiratory problems from gas drilling. (Casper Star-Tribune, August 19, 2010)
CHEYENNE — Four out of five people who have returned health surveys report respiratory problems in a central Wyoming community where some residents say gas drilling has polluted their water wells, an environmental group said Wednesday.
Respondents also reported headaches, nausea, itchy skin, dizziness and other ailments, according to the Earthworks Oil and Gas Accountability Project.
Wilma Subra, a Louisiana chemist and environmentalist who has investigated oil and gas industry pollution worldwide, is conducting the survey. She said survey forms from the first 16 people — more are coming in — show a need for public health officials to investigate.
“It’s critical to identify the health impacts and track them over time,” Subra said.
Mead Gruver. Group: Survey shows ill health in Wyoming ‘fracking’ zone. 19 Aug 2010. AP. Casper Star-Tribune.
See: Powder River Basin Resource Council
See: Wildlife Mortality Risk in Oil Field Waste Pits. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
See: Environmental Issues and Challenges in Coal Bed Methane Production
See: Expert Testimony on Hydraulic Fracturing Impacts
See: Stripping the West
See: Ed Swartz: The Grass Isn’t Growing
See: WATER: Judge overturns Montana water rules for gas drilling
