Colorado

This Colorado district doesn’t like the idea of teachers carrying firearms. But the question should be: who cares?

Yesterday, Senior Fellow H. Sterling Burnett joined Jason Spiess on The Crude Life podcast to discuss a recent podcast produced by The Heartland Institute.

Senate Bill 181 is the latest attempt by special interests to impose stringent regulations on the oil and gas industry. An earlier attempt, Initiative 97, was rejected overwhelmingly by voters.

Environmental principles are too often used to stop lawful, responsible, vital land uses. We need rational rules to protect environmental values – and meet essential societal needs.

2018 elections bring mixed messages and require climate and renewable energy reality check

Insane “eco” proposition would all but shut down oil production – and set bad national precedent.

Donny Kendal and John Nothdurft, with the help of Charlie Katebi, present episode #158 of the In The Tank Podcast. This week’s episode features work from the Cato Institute, the World Bank, The Heartland Institute, the Idaho Freedom Foundation, the Yankee Institute for Public Policy, and Pew Charitable Trusts.

In June, Colorado’s term-limited Democrat governor, John Hickenlooper, signed an executive order directing his bureaucrats in the state’s public health department to adopt California’s low-emissions vehicles (LEV) standards

Xcel Energy, the leading provider of electricity in Colorado, is attempting to fudge the numbers to justify the closure of units one and two at the coal-powered Comanche Power Plant.

States should avoid imposing dubious “social cost of carbon” rules.

A 2016 Colorado Democratic presidential elector who pledged to vote for Hillary Clinton is suing because the state removed him from his position after he voted for Ohio Gov. John Kasich instead.

California’s lofty goal of renewable energy is nothing more than a pipe dream.

The largest coal power plant in the western United States may shut down soon due to low natural gas prices, the plant’s operators report.