May 18, 2020 archive

Fight brewing over oil leases near Carlsbad Caverns Park

Two former National Park Service officials say the government should block oil and gas drilling leases that they contend will endanger the Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico. They made their plea in an opinion piece published by the Carlsbad Current Argus.   Click here to view what Rick Smith and Cherry Payne of …

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Tulsa waits on the phone to ring with a big Tesla announcement

  Even as Tesla included Tulsa as one of the two reported finalists for the site of a new manufacturing plant, it eliminated Nashville, Tennessee as one of them. Tulsa and Austin, Texas officials await an announcement which might come yet this month or perhaps in June or July according to a report by Tech …

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Pay bonuses offered for clean energy progress

Pushing clean energy might result in bonuses for executives at Ameren Missouri, the wind power company. The Energy News Network reports as Missouri’s largest electric utility drafts its next three-year resource plan, upper management will have an extra incentive to push clean energy. Ameren Missouri has joined a small group of utilities now tying a portion …

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Wind farm goes operational in NW Missouri

  Northwest Missouri has another wind farm online, providing electrical power to the region. US companies Tenaska and Bright Canyon Energy have started commercial operations at a 242MW wind farm in northwest Missouri. The Clear Creek Energy Center comprises 111 Vestas turbines spread across 12,545 hectares north of Maryville in Nodaway County according to a …

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OK Congressman says it’s time for US Ag Secretary to be replaced

  Congressman Markwayne Mullin voiced his frustrations via Facebook with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue. He calls out Perdue for a lack of response to the crisis brewing within the beef industry. Mullin’s rant was posted Friday afternoon according to the McCarville Report. The Second District Congressman is a cattle rancher and owns a …

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Williams won’t try again for pipeline extension in New York

  After New York Gov. Cuomo rejected the latest request of Tulsa’s Williams Cos. to build a $1 billion natural gas pipeline, the Oklahoma-based company indicated it has wiped its hands of attempting to get state approval. It will not refile applications to build the Northeast Supply Enhancement project to carry natural gas to heat …

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Texas fears losing oil-rich lands in Chinese takeover of weakened energy companies

   With the rapid growth of the number of oil and gas companies filing bankruptcy during the coronavirus pandemic, those companies, some in Oklahoma too, are ripe for takeover. There’s a growing concern that China could take control of those struggling companies. The concern has been never higher than in Texas where 98 energy companies …

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Uncle Sam tells wind and solar operators rent-free holiday is over

  At least one wind power company with operations in Oklahoma and on federal lands is being hit with millions in rental bills as the federal government ends a two-year rent holiday for solar and wind projects. Next Era is among those companies that also has operations on federal land but now is being asked …

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