Energy awards have gone to the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation and Heartland Energy Options for their work in encouraging alternative fuels and advanced technology vehicles in Central Oklahoma. The Association of Central Oklahoma Government said the two received the 2016 Zach D. Taylor, Jr. Clean Cities Vision Awards. The Wildlife Conservation Department converted 33 …
EPA Chief Scott Pruitt’s had to make some corrections to his Sunday morning TV talk show claims that the coal sector added almost 50,000 jobs since the fourth quarter. On Monday, a spokeswoman for the agency said Pruitt was actually referring to the broader mining sector including other industries. His critics were quick to pounce …
Oklahoma doesn’t have the kind of coal industry compared to Kentucky or Wyoming so the latest news out of the U.S. Energy Information Administration might not be so surprising. But the amount of coal burned for electricity in 2016 was the lowest since 1984. It amounted to 677 million short tons burned which accounted for …
Oklahoma continues with some of the cheapest gasoline in the country as this week’s average pump price is $2.09, a 3-cent increase in the past week according to the weekly report from AAA Oklahoma. Surrounding states have prices about 3 cents higher including Arkansas and Missouri. The U.S. average is up slightly to $2.38 a …
Following U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt’s appearances on the Sunday morning talk shows, the Sierra Club issued a response to Pruitt’s attempt to persuade the general public about the Trump Administration’s underlying decision to abandon the Paris Climate Agreement. “This Administration’s increasingly defensive attempts to spin their disastrous decision to leave the Paris …
(Courtesy of E&E News) The scientific community has warned that the Paris Agreement would not go far enough to limit global warming. U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is now using that criticism to help justify President Trump’s decision to exit the international climate accord. Speaking to the media Friday and over the weekend, Pruitt …
Two men were arrested Friday following a three-week investigation by the Major County Sheriff’s Office regarding an oil spill. Joshua England, 20, and Dakota Gray, 26, were arrested after they allegedly set several hay bales on fire. The two men along with a male juvenile are also accused of causing damage to a rural oil …
President Trump unveiled his three-year plan on Monday to modernize the nation’s air traffic control system through privatization. Trump believes an overhaul of the Federal Aviation Administration is long overdue. Airline executives have advocated this position for some time. Under the plan, a private, non-profit organization would be developed to operate the nation’s air traffic …
Oil prices dropped on Monday as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates severed diplomatic ties with neighboring Qatar, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, July West Texas Intermediate crude fell 26 cents, or 0.6%, to settle at $47.40 a barrel. August Brent crude, the global benchmark, slipped 48 …
In response to President Trump’s executive order of April 28 to open the Atlantic Ocean coast to offshore drilling, the National Marine Fisheries Service on Monday issued its intent to seek public input on the use of seismic air guns. In conjunction with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the agency …
