** The world’s largest nitrogen fertilizer plant, which would make ammonia out of natural gas, could be headed for a former coal mining site in rural West Virginia. TransGas Development Systems, a New York-based company, is seeking an air quality permit for a facility in Mingo County with six ammonia manufacturing units capable of producing up …
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SEC approves controversial emissions rules on big businesses
Large companies in Oklahoma and across the U.S. will have to tell investors about greenhouse gas emissions caused by their business under a controversial rule approved Wednesday by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. It’s a rule that was fought by Congressman Frank Lucas who feared it might be harmful for state farmers and …
Oklahoma AG joins suit against Biden administration’s new EPA soot pollution rules
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond joined 23 other states this week in suing the Biden Administration’s EPA over new and tougher standards for soot pollution. The suit, led by attorneys general from Kentucky and West Virginia, claimed the new rule from the Environmental Protection Agency will result in higher costs for manufacturers, utilities and …
Energy quick reads
** Wyoming’s Office of State Lands and Investments began holding an oil and gas lease auction this week, one that’s considered one of its smallest since 2017. The auction underscores the challenges the office (OSLI) faces with promoting a carbon-based energy program to raise revenue. ** Chevron recently revealed plans to build its first solar-to-hydrogen production facility …
Energy quick reads
** A 19-year-old who was a quarter mile away from a fiery butane tank explosion outside of Detroit, Michigan was struck and killed by a canister that flew into the air from the blast, according to fire officials. ** Climate envoy John Kerry will be leaving his Biden administration role this week. Wednesday will be his last day …
State agency releases plan to attack Oklahoma’s fossil fuel emissions
While some Oklahoma leaders are critical of what they contend is the Biden administration’s heavy-handed approach to forcing the state and the nation to adopt an extensive green energy approach, one state agency is out with a plan to target Oklahoma’s oil and gas industry, manufacturing, electricity production and its use of fossil fuels. …
Energy quick reads
** A powerful blizzard in northern California intensified over the weekend, leaving drivers stranded and knocking out power to thousands of homes. A second system could bring more snowfall to the region, according to the National Weather Service. ** Owners of Nissan Leaf electric cars have accused the firm of “dumping its pioneers” after it announced …
EPA steps away from rule on gas-fired power plants
The Biden Administration and its Environmental Protection Agency are backing off deeply opposed plans to apply restrictive climate rules on the 2,000 gas-fired power plants across the U.S., including those in Oklahoma. But it is only temporary—until after the November election. The rule drew a rebuke last summer of Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond. …
Energy quick reads
** The Biden administration announced it would delay part of its signature climate plan to slash planet-warming pollution from the power sector. The Environmental Protection Agency said it would carve existing gas plants out of a proposed regulation to cut emissions from power plants. ** The Biden administration finalized energy efficiency regulations targeting residential clothes washers and dryers …
Appeals Court moves Oklahoma’s lawsuit against EPA to D.C.
Oklahoma’s legal challenge of the EPA’s rejection last year of the state’s plan to adequately address its contributions to air-quality problems in downwind states, is headed to the D.C. Circuit Court of appeals. Attorney General Gentner Drummond along with Western Farmers Electric Cooperative, owner of a coal-fired electric generating plant in Hugo, filed an …