The watchdog group American Oversight is asking the Office of Special Counsel to begin an investigation into the travel of EPA administrator Scott Pruitt back to Oklahoma. As stories pointed out in the past week, Pruitt’s travels back home to Tulsa cost taxpayers about $15,000 and it was estimated 90 percent of his travel days …
When it comes to energy, Lieutenant Governor Todd Lamb not only talks with a lot of it, but believes the state must rely on other industries besides the energy industry. “Any time we’ve had a dip in the commodity price,” said Lamb in an interview with OK Energy Today, “a lot of state officials have …
Operators of seven wastewater injection wells in Osage County are being asked to shut down their operations. Not because of earthquakes like those in areas where a surge of quakes has hit the state. These operators are being asked by the EPA to close because of the saltwater contamination in Bird Creek, contamination that drew …
The $659 billion Defense Spending bill approved the House included some issues supported by Oklahoma Congressman Jim Bridenstine. H.R. 3219, called the Make America Secure Appropriations Act not only funds national defense but what Bridenstine said were important U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects. The measure will require the Corps to do studies which are …
Talks are reported to be underway for a possible purchase of Houston, Texas-based Calpine Corp. by Energy Capital Partners headquartered in New Jersey. Calpine has power operations in 18 states including Arkansas and Texas and in northeast Oklahoma. It opened the Oneta energy center 15 years ago. The gas-fired power plant is located in Wagoner …
It is a matter of waiting…..weeks or months for the Denver Federal Appeals Court to rule whether the federal government has the authority to regulate hydraulic fracturing on public and tribal lands. Arguments were made in the fight on Thursday before the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals as industry groups contended the Interior Department …
