COLORADO RISING DBA COLORADO RISING FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY
7446 Park Pl, Boulder, CO 80301 corising.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: Colorado Rising is a statewide grassroots social welfare action organization working to protect Colorado's health, safety, and welfare, environment, and quality of life - now and in the future - from the negative impacts associated with fossil fuel exploration and development. Colorado Rising employs a multi-pronged approach to accomplish its mission and goals through a) public education in the form of panel discussions, community forums, town halls, lectures, film screenings, tabling events, and robust communications through print, broadcast, digital and social media; b)community organizing through volunteer recruitment and mobilization, leadership development, hosting civic engagement trainings, skill-building workshops and developing strategic and diverse partnerships and coalitions with local, state, and national organizations; and c) working to change state and local policy by engaging in ballot initiatives, testimony, lobbying, engagement in the state agency rule-making process,

Colorado Rising is a social welfare action organization with the purpose to develop and advocate for changes to the Colorado Constitution and Colorado revised statues, legislation, regulations, rules, and government programs to protect Colorado's health, safety, environment, economy, and quality of life from negative impacts generally associated with energy development, exploration, extraction, production, storage, delivery and consumption. Colorado Rising employs a multi-pronged approach to accomplish its mission and goals through a) public education in the form of panel discussions, community forums, town halls, lectures, film screenings, tabling events, and robust communications through print, broadcast, digital and social media; b) community organizing through volunteer recruitment and mobilization, leadership development, hosting civic engagement trainings, skill-building workshops and developing strategic and diverse partnerships and coalitions with local, state, and national organizations; and c) working to change state and local policy by engaging in ballot initiatives, testimony, lobbying, engagement in the state agency rule-making process, and developing solutions that will result in the protection of the health, safety, well-being of residents and the environment from the risks of neighborhood oil and gas extraction.In 2019, the organization undertook several new programs to support its mission: public education and community organizing programs including sponsorship of educational events on oil and gas/energy and climate issues, building relationships with coalition partners, voter engagement in the form of nonpartisan, neutral municipal candidate forums and questionnaires on energy and climate issues in which all candidates regardless of party affiliation were invited to participate; lobbying for bills introduced in the Colorado Legislature; and participation in Colorado agency rule making after significant legislative changes to statute regarding oil and gas development and air quality.In 2018, the organization undertook a petition ballot initiative to create a mandatory setback from new oil and gas development and occupied structures and drinking water sources. The ballot issue did not appear on the 2019 ballot; however, there were still expenses related to the 2018 ballot initiative. In addition, the organization continued its work to change statute through public initiatives in the form of research.The organization continued work on policy and regulations - changes to Colorado Statutes, regulations, agency rules and ballot initiatives regarding oil and gas development and air quality. This work included lobbying for significant changes to the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Act (Colorado SB 19-181 - which passed)and other legislative possibilities, participation as a stakeholder in rule making with the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, additional legal expenses related to the 2018 ballot initiative and research for future ballot initiatives.The organization also continued work on community organizing and engagement by sponsoring four town halls, lectures, panel discussions and meetings with community members and coalitions; and educational events focused on fossil fuels and energy issues.

Formation of, and first year support of, Colorado Rising For Communities, a 501(c)(3) organization with a compatible mission. It engaged in public education and outreach, administrative agency rule making in front of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and Colorado Air Quality Control Commission, as well as eight public interest litigation cases that have the potential to mitigate the negative impacts of oil and gas development.

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