** The Biden administration is planning to announce strict carbon limits on existing and future power plants for the first time — plants which currently generate 60 percent of America’s electricity.Three people briefed on the administration’s plans told the New York Times that under the EPA’s new rules, almost all coal and gas-fired power plants would have to cut …
Biden creates new Environmental Justice office
Environmental justice for all—it’s what President Biden said was the goal of the executive order he signed on Friday creating a new office of Environmental Justice within the White House. The order requires federal agencies to notify communities of toxic substances are released from a federal facility. “This is about people’s health. It’s about …
Crude finished week with a loss despite weak gain on Friday
While crude oil prices rose less than a dollar on Friday, they still finished the week with a loss. Uncertainty about the world economy weighed heavily on the minds of investors West Texas Intermediate crude for June deliveries finished up 74 cents or 0.96% to close at $78.11 a barrel on the New York …
$50,000 sign-on bonus for railroad jobs in Wyoming
How’ s this for a sign-on bonus? $50,000 to go to work for Union Pacific railroad in Wyoming and a few other states. It’s what the railway company is offering because it is so short-handed of workers. As the Cowboy State Daily reports, the bonus can be larger than the annual salaries in some …
Crude oil fell another 2% in Thursday’s trading and OK energy stocks continued struggles
An increase in the nation’s gasoline inventories is blamed for a $20 a barrel drop in crude oil prices on Thursday. The gain in the amount of gasoline added to continuing and nagging fears of a possible recession in the U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude fell $1.87 or 2.4% to $77.29 a barrel in trading …
Senators say gas stove ban is another government “overreach”
Oklahoma U.S. Sens. James Lankford and Markwayne Mullin think the Department of Energy ban on the sale of nearly all gas stoves in the country is not only “misguided,” but “illogical and harms hard-working Americans that are already struggling due to skyrocketing inflation.” It’s what they wrote in a letter sent this week to …
3 dead from tornadoes while utilities work to restore electrical power
The estimated dozen tornadoes, strong winds and large hail that left at least three dead in the McClain County town of Cole also resulted in nearly 23,000 OG&E customers without power Wednesday night. The utility reported that as of late Thursday afternoon, it had trimmed the outage total to 14,625 customers. Some 1,700 operations …
Senator Mullin blasts Biden nominee for ignorance of business issues
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin put President Biden’s Secretary of Labor nominee, Julie Su, on the hot seat this week, grilling her about her lack of qualifications for the position. It came during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing in which the GOP Senator took Su to task for her lack …
Commissioner labels $6.6 billion approval in storm costs “whitewash” and “damage control”
“The stench of these rotten deals is so pervasive, people on the outside are beginning to pinch their noses and look toward the Jim Thorpe Building with wrinkled brows wondering what the hell is going on at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission.” It’s what Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony declared in a 180-page opinion filed in …
Oklahoma and United Kingdom agree to more energy trade
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt traveled to the United Kingdom this week to sign a memorandum he hopes will result in increased energy trade for the state. He signed the memorandum with UK Minister for International Trade Nigel Huddleston and said it was meant to benefit both Oklahoma and the UK with each other’s innovations …
