dan haley
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Colorado Oil and Gas Association does some good for abused kids
The oil and gas industry gets kicked around by community activists who don’t like fossil fuels or their operations nearby, but there is a great upside to the industry. It rains tax revenue on the state and local communities alike, generates jobs and gives politicians another thing to argue about. And last month it had…
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Colorado regulators pass rules to help locate oil and gas pipelines
The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission approved rules Tuesday to help the public get a general idea where oil and gas pipelines are located. The nine-member panel unanimously approved the regulatory update after three days of testimony. Regulators have been working on the proposal for months, in the wake of a home explosion in…
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Updated: What just happened? Oil and gas regulatory bill gets out of the House without floor debate
House Republican Leader Patrick Neville of Castle Rock provided a statement Monday morning. “All this misleading bill is designed to do is shut down the oil and gas industry in Colorado, and Republicans were not going to give the bill sponsor the satisfaction of grandstanding on this terrible policy.” ******************** Maybe Rep. Joe Salazar slid…
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Q&A with Dan Haley: On Colorado’s battleground — and sometimes common ground — over oil and gas
News folk tend to develop an unusual skill: They can take heat while shedding light. Maybe that’s why the Colorado Oil & Gas Association hired Dan Haley a few years ago to be its president and CEO. The career journalist and esteemed former editorial page editor of the Denver Post doesn’t shy away from a dust-up,…
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Sen. Matt Jones planning bill to give more local control on oil and gas issues
Sen. Matt Jones of Louisville said Wednesday he plans to introduce a bill in the next session to give local governments more authority to “plan, zone, and refuse to allow oil and gas operations as they see fit – just as they do with every other industry.” Though Jones is the Senate Democrats’ appointed leader…
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THE PODIUM: We’re proud of our work, we care about Colorado — and we’ll push back at our critics
I am proud to work in oil and gas. I am proud to be part of an industry that provides our state, country and world with energy and improves lives. And I am proud to work for an organization whose members are truly committed to giving back to the communities where they live and work.…
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Colorado oil and gas companies give $10 million to Hurricane Harvey relief
Oil and natural gas companies that do business in Colorado are investing in a lot more then drilling, pumping, support services and politics. Members of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association have donated about $10 million, and climbing, to the American Red Cross for relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. “Houston, in many…
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Ozone fell in north metro Denver, even as oil and gas spiked, and fracking combatants agree, sort of
While ozone levels are falling in north metro Denver, both sides of the oil-and-gas development debate are taking a deep breath to explain why. State regulators report that emissions of volatile organic compounds, a key ingredient in ground-level ozone, have fallen by one-half in metro Denver and the northern Front Range, the battlefield over fracking.…
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Bully pulpit: Fracking fight in Colorado forecasts Polis’ race to be governor
A Colorado-sized political fight is collecting heat just below the surface of a non-election year summer. In next year’s governor’s race, money could be spent like it’s never been spent before if the flash point issue is energy. U.S. Rep. Jared Polis is a candidate striking matches. The best-known (and likely to be the best-financed)…
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Outspoken fracktivist’s ballot drive for Colorado oil-and-gas tax hike cut short
Just last Friday we noted here that incendiary anti-fracking activist Andrew O’Connor of Lafayette was “poised to mount a petition drive for what could be the next big ballot battle with the oil and gas industry.” His proposal: doubling Colorado’s severance tax on oil and gas production. Not a fan of the industry, that O’Connor. You’ll…