Jerry Bohnen

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Supreme Court ruling might be weapon against Texas nuclear waste storage site

  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is using a recent U.S. Supreme Court EPA ruling to fight the federal government’s approval of a nuclear waste storage site in West Texas. Paxton says the court’s June 30 ruling, which limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, can …

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Appeals court rules against NextEra Energy in a lawsuit over a Kansas wind farm

  NextEra Energy lost a fight over a wind farm before the Kansas Court of Appeals The appellate court upheld a lower court ruling in favor of opponents of a large commercial wind farm southeast of Hutchinson. The actual ruling was against Pretty Prairie Wind LLC,  a subsidiary created by NextEra Energy reported the Hutchinson …

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Kansas regulators approve SE Kansas transmission line

  The Kansas Corporation Commission granted approval this week of a 94-mile transmission line in southeastern Kansas. NextEra Energy transmission Southwest, LLC was awarded a certificate for the 345 kV line to run through five counties: Coffey, Anderson, Allen, Bourbon and Crawford reported KZRG News Talk radio. Click here for KZRG Radio news

Additional headlines of energy stories

** The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued notices to 15 states for failure to submit plans for air pollution reduction, four months after a lawsuit on the matter from a coalition of environmental groups. The states receiving notices are Alabama, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and …

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Permits to drill for August 29, 2022

Canadian County MACH 1306 #1H-5X, August 29 2022 08 13N 6W NWSWSESW API: 01725841 Lat: 35.61045977181053, Long: -97.86511805950225 OVINTIV USA INC HH, DR, 19023 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(8375) Hughes County WOODRUFF #2-24/25H, August 29 2022 13 5N 10E NWSWSWSE API: 06324953 Lat: 34.89899908894033, Long: -96.20258000356516 TRINITY OPERATING USG LLC MU, DR, 15800 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(5600), WOODFORD(5900), HUNTON(6000) Hughes County WOODRUFF …

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Completion reports for August 29, 2022

STEPHENS COUNTY Black Mesa Energy Llc Sycamore(9722): Oil 952 Gas 1439 Water 552 Flow 36 1S 4W Rangers 36-25-1s-4w Sxh 1, March 13, 2022 HH, OIL, TD: 17460 ft Lat: 34.42024, Long: -97.57424 API: 35137276380000

Storms left thousands without electrical power in central Oklahoma

  Monday afternoon thunderstorms that brought heavy rainfall to some areas of the state resulted in at least 9,000 customers of Oklahoma Gas and Electric without power late in the day. OG&E reported late Monday that prior to the arrival of the downpours of rain and heavy lightning, the utility had about 500 customers still …

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Crude oil made more gains in Monday’s trading and OK energy stocks were up the upside too

  Crude oil prices started the week with a 4% gain as there still loomed the prospects of OPEC+ output cuts. Investors were also concerned about the conflict in Libya. Oklahoma energy stocks recorded mild gains for the day. West Texas Intermediate crude for October delivery shot up $3.95 a barrel to settle at $97.01, …

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Other headlines of energy stories

** A recently finalized federal biological assessment of ConocoPhillips’ proposed Willow oil and gas project in Alaska indicates the Biden administration is leaning toward approving the controversial plan. ** The federal Bureau of Land Management approves the first carbon dioxide sequestration project on public land at an ExxonMobil natural gas field in Wyoming. ** Colorado and Xcel Energy offer incentives to …

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Colorado enviros don’t like cryptocurrency miners using methane gas from oil wells

  Colorado’s ban on the flaring of natural gas from oil wells in the state has led to an interesting fight as oil operators sell their surplus methane to cryptocurrency miners. But you see, environmentalists don’t like it, even though it is in accordance with the state anti-flaring law. Environmentalists contend that all the process …

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