Several of the 20 names added this week by President Donald Trump to his Supreme Court “shortlist” have experience in energy issues whether it is climate change, coal and anti-trust claims, FERC or administration efforts to roll back energy regulations. That’s why their nominations are of importance to the energy industry, whether it’s coal, …
Democrats in charge of the U.S. House Transportation Committee are pushing ahead with a probe into claims that the EPA might have illegally destroyed Kansas water quality records even though the EPA and another federal agency say the claims are “baseless” and proven wrong. Rep. Peter DeFazio, (D-Ore.), chairman of the committee and Water …
Republicans have released another attack ad on Democratic U.S. Rep. Xochitl Torres Small in New Mexico’s southern district even as she earns support from a traditionally conservative-leaning group. Even as she claims to oppose the Green New Deal and Democrat calls to ban fracking. The National Republican Congressional Committee this week unveiled a new …
If a report by Reuters is accurate, a move by President Trump could impact the U.S. Supreme Court challenge by the owner of Oklahoma’s Wynnewood refinery which is fighting for biofuel mandate waivers. CVR Refinery appealed the January ruling by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that was against the waivers granted …
The Kansas City suburb of Gardner, Kansas is where the world’s largest renewable energy developer has started buying land for the company’s proposed solar and storage capacity project. NextEra Energy confirmed it is seeking land near Kansas City for a project to include up to 500 MW each of solar and storage capacity, according …
Oklahoma Treasurer Randy McDaniel offers another look at how the ailing energy sector has affected the state’s revenue figures. He’s released his monthly Gross Receipts to the Treasury report. As reported last week by OK Energy Today, the receipts slipped nearly 5% in August and the oil and gas production taxes took most of …
Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas, the one that Tulsa came oh so close to landing before becoming a bridesmaid rather than the bride, could be actually producing its electric trucks in May of next year. Work is proceeding on the site of the $1.1 billion plant under construction at Austin and a recent report indicated the …
ConocoPhillips, Phillips 66 and Murphy Oil are among 24 oil and gas companies sued by the city of Charleston, South Carolina which accused them of contributing to climate change and misleading the public about the danger their products posed to the environment and causing flooding when Hurricane Irma hit the city three years ago. …
The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee this week passed two bills from Oklahoma Rep. Markwayne Mullin including one to create a grant program for rural electric cooperatives to develop renewable energy storage projects. The committee on a voice vote passed H.R. 4447 which is the Expanding Access to Sustainable Energy or EASE Act …
