The need for American energy security has never been stronger or clearer. Will we heed the call? Or will we bow to pressure from keep-it-in-the-ground activists and embolden our enemies? Recent news stories highlight the need not only for American energy security, but for domestic energy that is produced cleaner, better and safer than anywhere […]

Dan Haley
Special to The Colorado Sun
Twitter: @danhaleyCO
Opinion: We all breathe the same air. Colorado’s oil and gas employees want to make sure our air is clean
Coloradans care about our air. Since our state’s earliest days, the quality of our air has been as important as our mountains, our wide-open spaces and our Denver Broncos. Think about it: More than 100 years ago, Americans actually forged West to settle into Colorado, many believing the dry, clean air would heal sick lungs […]
Opinion: End fossil fuels? It’s political hot air that’s heating the planet
Former Vice President Joe Biden, a front runner to be the next president of the United States, earlier this month guaranteed to a young voter that he would “end fossil fuels.” Sen. Bernie Sanders, another leading candidate for president, said some oil and gas executives should be jailed. And Sen. Elizabeth Warren, not to be […]
Opinion: Facts, not conjecture, should drive decisions about regulating Colorado’s oil and gas industry
Joel Minor’s storytelling about the history of Colorado’s oil and natural gas regulatory framework flirts with reality. However, he neglects to say that laws and regulations for our oil and natural gas industry have been made, remade, adjusted, overhauled and tweaked countless times over the past several decades. The state’s regulatory body underwent a massive […]