Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe is labeling the response of environmentalists to President Trump’s order rewriting the Obama Clean Power Plan as “hysteria.” It’s what he said in an interview with Martha MacCallum on Fox News, adding he expects more “hysteria” to come as a result of the executive order signed Tuesday. Inhofe said he …
President Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday afternoon aimed to roll back the Obama Administration’s key climate policies. With the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency serving as a backdrop for signing the order, the President was surrounded by coal industry workers and government officials including EPA Director, Scott Pruitt. By issuing the executive order, Trump …
The ink was hardly dry following President Trump’s signature on the highly-anticipated climate change executive order on Tuesday when a local chapter of a national grassroots environmental organization spoke out against the Commander-in-Chief’s actions. “Trump and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt are, sadly, doing what they have always done: making their friends in oil and gas …
Crude oil prices settled higher on Tuesday, bolstered by OPEC’s likelihood to extend its production curb agreement, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, May West Texas Intermediate crude oil rose 64 cents, or 1.3%, to settle at $48.37 a barrel, marking its highest finish since March 20. On the London ICE Futures …
