Walmart to test drone delivery program in NW Arkansas

  Walmart Inc., which recently said it is testing drone delivery in North Carolina, will start another pilot program in Northwest Arkansas early next year. The retailer said Monday it will work with drone delivery firm Zipline to deliver select health and wellness products from a Walmart store near its Bentonville headquarters. The service could …

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Devon Energy helps SE New Mexico fire and law agencies

  Oklahoma City’s Devon Energy has made donations to 20 fire and law enforcement agencies in southeast New Mexico. The agencies are located in Eddy and Lea Counties which make up part of the Permian Basin where cities have relied heavily on oil and gas revenues. Devon did not reveal the amount of the donations, …

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OERB promotes virtual classroom presentations about oil and gas

  The Oklahoma Energy Resources Board is promoting more of its virtual K-12 energy education workshops funded by the Oklahoma Oil and Natural Gas industry. The two-hour Zoom workshops provide hands-on lessons aligned to Oklahoma academic standards, materials and professional development hours. Educators who attend the virtual workshops will receive a kit with enough materials needed …

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Williams Cos. CEO upbeat about his company’s energy projects

  While natural gas pipeline operators have run into problems with development along the East Coast, including the cancellation of one massive project, the head of Tulsa’s Williams Cos. remains as optimistic as ever about the future of natural gas and his firm’s ability to transport it. Alan Armstrong, President and CEO gave the indication …

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Oklahoma updates dam safety rules

  The state has updated its safety requirements that cover more than 4,700 dams in Oklahoma and new rules and regulations went into effect last week. The Oklahoma Water Resources Board coordinates the  Oklahoma Dam Safety Program and recently made changes to some of the safety requirements. The changes came about after the program contracted with …

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Amazon to hire another 100,000 workers

    Whether it means more hiring at its Oklahoma operations in Oklahoma City and Tulsa isn’t clear but Amazon plans to hire 100,000 more workers this year. It’s the fourth hiring spree of the year as the company tries to keep pace with e-commerce demand that soared during the pandemic, reported Reuters. The world’s …

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Energy news in brief

** A Department of Energy report says wind and solar will be the fastest growing sources of new capacity for 2020, accounting for more than 37 GW combined. ** Twenty states led by California are set to file two lawsuits challenging EPA’s recent methane rules for newly built oil and gas wells and other facilities. ** David Legates, a professor of …

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President Trump shows support for corn ethanol industry

  No doubt it was much to the chagrin of small refinery operators, but President Trump showed more support over the weekend to the corn ethanol industry. He removed federal roadblocks to selling 15% ethanol at retail gas stations. “Subject only to State approval, our important Ethanol Industry will be allowed to use the 10% …

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Tensions Between Gov. Polis And Environmentalists Grow After Legal Move In Colorado Climate Lawsuit

  Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is a liberal but it doesn’t mean he is in a cozy relationship with environmentalists who want the state to act faster when it comes to climate change. Colorado Public Radio says environmental groups who sued the governor over missing a climate action plan deadline are increasingly angry over his …

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Beetle becomes focus of environmental group’s fight against Keystone XL pipeline

  Normally many farmers would oppose a federal agency’s attempts to interfere in their farming efforts through the declaration of an endangered insect that lives in the ground. But BOLD Nebraska has taken the side of the American burying beetle and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in fighting the construction of the Keystone XL …

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