Jerry Bohnen

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Oklahoma regulators to hold regular meeting

  9:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 27, 2022 Place: Room 301, Jim Thorpe Office Building, 2101 North Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105 Purpose: Conducting of business enumerated in the items below Posting Division: Judicial and Legal Services AGENDA Item Topic I A. Call to order B. Announcement concerning public notice C. Determination of quorum II …

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Hill staffers hold climate protest in Schumer’s office

  Half a dozen U.S. House staff members were arrested Monday when they staged a protest in the office of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer urging him to continue negotiating on a climate change bill. Click here for E&E News  

New wind farm in New Mexico to create thousands of jobs

  A California company says it might employ up to 2,000 workers a it builds a 550-mile interstate transmission line project in New Mexico. Work is expected to begin either late this year or early next year according to New MexicoINNO Click here for New MexicoINNO

Regional hydrogen hub formed by 4 states

  Colorado’s plan to eliminate fossil fuels took another step this week when Gov, Jared Polis signed a memorandum of understanding with New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming to develop a Western Inter-States Hydrogen Hub. “Our administration is well on our way toward achieving 100% renewable energy by 2040, so we are proud to be leading …

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Texas too dependent on renewable energy for power?

  One energy writer contends wind generation is not dependable in Texas and often falls when power demand increases. In short, Robert Bryce says the state is too reliant on weather-dependent renewables. It’s what he wrote in RealClear Energy. Click here for RealClear Energy  

No job promise in Kansas Panasonic battery plant

  Just because Kansas landed a $4 billion Panasonic battery-manufacturing plant in competition over Oklahoma doesn’t mean the plant will actually create 4,000 new jobs. It has come out that Kansas did not win a guarantee from Panasonic to create that many jobs and other aspects of the contract, one molded in secrecy by the …

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More headlines

** Shell USA Inc. agreed on July 25 to acquire Shell Midstream Partners LP in a buyout transaction worth nearly $2 billion. The transaction marks the latest MLP roll-up in the midstream space largely seen as being driven by the elimination of incentive distribution rights. ** The Biden administration on Monday outlined plans to plant 1 billion trees …

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Foreign operators involved in carbon capture pipelines in Iowa

  More dark details are being uncovered in some of the carbon capture projects that have been in the news in recent weeks in Iowa where landowners are fighting eminent domain efforts. BOLD Nebraska, an environmental group that fought the Keystone XL pipeline recently reported how foreign operators are among those involved in some of …

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Bakken production back on track this month?

  The Williston Herald reports that oil production in the Bakken of North Dakota should be back on track following back-to-back blizzards in April. It’s important for Oklahoma oil producers active in the play. The newspaper reported: Those back to back blizzards in April were a significant whammy to production for April, May, and perhaps …

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Rep. Bice label’s Biden’s trip to Middle East as “misguided”

  Congresswoman Stephanie Bice’s (OK-05) opinion piece on President Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia was featured in the Washington Examiner. Read below: On day one of his presidency, President Joe Biden began his war on domestic energy , which has affected every part of our economy. We are facing record high inflation at 9.1%, and people are still feeling the …

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