Tag: Dan Haley
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Colorado Oil and Gas Association selects Lynn Granger as new president and CEO
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Lynn Granger, the Colorado regional director of the American Petroleum Institute, will become President and CEO of the Colorado Oil and Gas Association. Granger will officially start in January and replace departing President and CEO Dan Haley. Granger spent more than two decades working in energy policy and strategic communications leadership, including five years in…
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Colorado lawmakers reject bill to ban oil and gas drilling by 2030
A panel of Colorado lawmakers on Thursday night rejected legislation that sought to ban all new oil and gas drilling in Colorado by 2030. Senate Bill 24-159 would have mandated the Colorado Energy & Carbon Management Commission to adopt rules on ceasing the issuance of new oil and gas permits before Jan. 1, 2030. Sponsors of…
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Colorado Democrats formally introduce legislation to end new oil drilling by 2030
Democrats this week formally introduced legislation to ban all new oil and gas drilling in Colorado by 2030. Senate Bill 24-159 mandates the Colorado Energy & Carbon Management Commission to adopt rules on ceasing the issuance of new oil and gas permits before Jan. 1, 2030. Oil and gas production in Colorado is among the state’s…
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Colorado Democrats push to end new oil drilling by 2030
A proposal at the state Capitol to ban new oil and gas drilling in Colorado by 2030 — which sponsors claim is necessary to counteract climate change and address “adverse health impacts” — is raising a furor throughout the industry. Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Gov. Jared Polis said he was not consulted on the proposal…
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Local oil, gas industry reaction to Biden’s Russian oil ban
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save President Joe Biden’s ban on imported Russian oil sent shockwaves through the Colorado oil and gas community, energizing calls for more permits to be issued and domestic production to be ramped up. Here are reactions from some industry groups that work in Colorado: “We agree…
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Energy, innovation and distrust collide in Colorado
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One thing partisans on both sides of the continental divide on Colorado energy can agree on is that innovation will power the future. Innovation for renewable energy and oil and gas have another thing in common. They will depend on evolution, not revolution, as they…
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Biden’s lean on oil and gas is Colorado’s familiar posture | Joey Bunch
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The pace toward America’s energy future has quickened as of late, and Colorado could offer directions on where this is headed. At stake is a changing climate and clean air against millions, if not billions, of dollars in commerce and taxes churned out by powering…
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Looking back, look ahead on the Polis agenda
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save At the end of October, the Friday before Election Day, Gov. Jared Polis stood amid a vast swath of southern Colorado evergreens pocked by a masked, socially distanced cadre of politicians and bureaucrats. Of the hundreds of bills he’s signed in the last two years,…
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EDITORIAL: Energy regulators prepare to harm Colorado’s economy
Tax receipts are down, joblessness is up. The economic stability of small businesses and households throughout Colorado remains jeopardized by the COVID-19 pandemic and racial tensions that are fomenting destructive riots. What a perfect time to suffocate the state’s second-largest industry — oil and gas extraction. That is exactly what the new activist-run Colorado Oil…