August 17, 2022--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--When most U.S. hydrocarbon leaders step outside their industry, they see one dominant cultural and political narrative about energy: Hydrocarbons are bad. Any effort to change the public's view of hydrocarbon companies, particularly natural gas companies, has to start by addressing the public's emotional issues like clean air, clean water, safe streets, good schools, well-paying jobs and improved quality of life, oil and gas leaders told an energy conference in Denver on August 15.

"Oil and gas is under constant attack in Colorado," Dan Haley, president and chief executive of the Colorado Oil & Gas Association (COGA) (Denver, Colorado), told about 185 attendees at the 18th annual "LDC Gas Forums: Rockies & the West" conference, which is sponsored by Access Intelligence L.L.C. (Rockville, Maryland). One of the reasons for that is that "the other side came to the public with messaging built on emotions like fear. Unfortunately, we responded with white papers from Harvard."

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