Interior Secretary Deb Haaland was largely noncommittal about the Biden administration’s pause on oil and gas leasing of federal lands during her first congressional hearing on Tuesday. Instead, she focused on asking for more money for Indian tribes and climate change initiatives as she went before the House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee reported the Daily Montanan. …
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has overturned a lower court’s $19 million attorney fee award and a $400,000 incentive award in a class action lawsuit filed against Continental Resources Inc and lasted for years. The ruling came in an appeal filed by Daniel McClure, an attorney and a mineral interest owner in the case. The …
Rural electric buses have come to the Cherokee Nation in eastern Oklahoma. The tribe unveiled two of the electric transit buses and new charging stations this week to transport employees and tribal citizens to work and tribal health centers. The buses are described as the first of their kind in the state. The …
Oklahoma Gas and Electric, a subsidiary of Oklahoma City-based OGE Energy Corp. , announced that it will expand its Choctaw Nation/OG&E Solar Energy Center in Durant, Oklahoma by an additional 5-megawatts (MW), bringing the total solar capacity to 10 MW. OG&E will construct, own and operate the additional 5MW expansion, which is expected to come online by the …
Oklahoma-based Love’s Family of Companies joined with Cargill in announcing a 50/50 joint venture in producing and marketing renewable diesel fuel. The two companies plan to construct a new production plant in Hastings, Nebraska, one with the ability to produce an estimated 80 million gallons annually of renewable diesel, a green fuel experiencing strong, …
