Tulsa-based Samson Resources Corp. announced Monday that Joseph A. Mills has been selected to be president and CEO of the restructured company, according to a Tulsa World report. Mills has nearly 35 years of experience in the oil and gas industry, including public company management experience. Most recently, he served as Chairman of the Board …
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin has appointed Secretary of State Mike Hunter to succeed Scott Pruitt as the state’s next attorney general, according to a news report by The Oklahoman. Pruitt was confirmed last week to become the new Environmental Protection Agency administrator. Hunter was named Oklahoma’s first assistant attorney general in June 2015, serving as …
Solar energy became the top new energy source in the U.S. for 2016 with new installations doubling last year. Since January of this year, Oklahoma has welcomed two new solar farms aimed at providing a green and renewable source of energy for the Sooner State. In late October, construction began near Marietta on two acres …
Maybe Scott Pruitt won’t be as bad as environmentalists and Democrats think as he is now in charge of the direction where the Environmental Protection Agency will head in a Trump administration. In his first interview since being nominated last year, Pruitt told the Wall Street Journal’s Kimberly Strassel there is much to do hitting …
While there are indications that gasoline prices in Oklahoma and elsewhere across the country could possibly climb by the time Memorial Day arrives, prices have slipped slightly in the past week. GasBuddy.com reports Oklahoma’s new average is $2.06 a gallon, a drop of 3 cents over the last several days. The national average is $2.28, …
Texas and Iowa are among ten sites chosen by the U.S. Department of Transportation to be proving grounds for self-driving cars or vehicles. The government calls them “automated vehicle technologies” where the proving grounds will “foster innovations that can safely transform personal and commercial mobility, expand capacity, and open new doors to disadvantaged people and …
The attorney who filed the first lawsuit accusing energy companies of causing damaging earthquakes in Oklahoma is telling other law firms—-back off! Scott Poynter of the Poynter Law Group based in Little Rock, Arkansas sent letters Feb. 17 to six law firms telling them to stop contacting his clients. “My clients have been receiving solicitation …
The deadline for former Attorney General Scott Pruitt, now the Chief Administrator of the EPA to submit a response to a more than two-year old open records request is Tuesday in Oklahoma County District Court. In a lawsuit (CV-2017-223) filed by the Center for Media and Democracy based in Madison, Wisconsin, Oklahoma County District Judge …
On the very day he was confirmed then sworn into office as Administrator of the EPA, former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt received his first official communication from some U.S. Senators requesting help in ending an EPA regulation. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), Roy Blunt (R-Missouri), Pat Roberts (R-Kansas) and John Thune (R-South …
Scott Pruitt’s confirmation by the U.S. Senate as the new Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency brought diametrically opposed reactions from Oklahoma’s Democratic and Republican political parties. No surprise how the GOP reacted. “The OKGOP is incredibly proud to announce that Scott Pruitt has been confirmed,” started the announcement. The party said he had served …
