October 27, 2017 archive

Oil State Senators Want White House Meeting to Talk Biofuels

Oklahoma U.S. Senators Jim Inhofe and James Lankford are among several oil state Senators who wrote to President Trump asking for a meeting with him to discuss the controversial Renewable Fuel Standard. Their letter came after Midwest lawmakers pressured the Trump administration to continue supporting the RFS. And it was considered a big win for …

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Broken Arrow Students and City Launch Joint Conservation Project

High school students and officials in Broken Arrow have started working together in an environmental conservation project involving a floating wetland. As the Tulsa World recently reported, the new joint conservation partnership focuses on a detention pond across from the Broken Arrow High School.  Eventually, students and city workers will use the project to target …

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RegionTrack Economist Predicts Oklahoma Will Soon Rank 3rd in Nationwide Oil Production

An economist is predicting that Oklahoma will soon jump from number five in oil production to third in the U.S. It’s the prediction of Mark Snead, president and economist of RegionTrack who spoke recently at the Enid Regional Development Alliance’s quarterly luncheon, according to the Enid News.   “We are looking for record production level, in …

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Inhofe Puts ‘Hold’ on Democratic FERC Nominee…..Causes Delay in Others

Senator Jim Inhofe apparently is showing Democrats in the Senate ‘Two Can Play This Game’ by putting an indefinite hold on Democratic FERC nominee Richard Glick. It’s in response to the actions of Democrats to approve some of President Trumps EPA picks. As a result of the hold on Glick, Inhofe’s move could result in …

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Environmental Education Grants Promoted by Oklahoma DEQ

The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality is spreading the word that grants up to $1,000 are available to promote environmental learning and education among the young. A total of $10,000 in grants will be awarded in early 2018 to the winning applicants. They are sponsored by the Oklahoma Environmental Quality Education Committee and are available …

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Democrats Unrelenting in Attacks on Pruitt

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt faces more scrutiny from his Democratic critics in the U.S. Senate as they are demanding to know how he came to any scientific conclusion to repeal the Clean Power Plan. Led by Delaware Sen. Tom Carper, 18 other Democrats wrote Pruitt recently asking for all of the documents, including emails, memos …

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More Kansans Fear Increase in Quakes Due to Wastewater Injection Wells

Concerns over whether wastewater disposal wells will cause earthquakes prompted officials in Lawrence, Kansas to recently call on the state corporation commission to change its rules. The governments of Douglas County and Lawrence want changes to the state regulations after an energy company proposed to pump wastewater into wells in rural Eudora, according to a …

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Linn Energy Unloads $285 million in Assets to Focus on STACK and SCOOP

Houston-based Linn Energy Inc. likes to say it focuses its national drilling effort in the SCOOP and STACK in western Oklahoma and recently made its point with the $285 million sale of assets in the Williston Basin. The company sold its interest on Oct. 23 in nearly 20,000 net acres in North Dakota, South Dakota …

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