Crude oil futures prices fell Friday, as traders awaited decisions from next week’s OPEC production meeting where the cartel could strike a deal to cut output, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. West Texas Intermediate crude futures finished down $2.02, or 4.2%, at $45.93 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. For the week, the contract …
November 27, 2016 archive
Trump’s Pledge to Dump EPA Regulations Might Not be So Easy
While Donald Trump has vowed to eliminate all of the President’s executive orders he believes are constitutional, it might not be as easy as he thinks. So reports Inside Climate News, an environment-friendly publication that suggests in a new fund-raising effort that the fossil fuel industry may top the list of Americans feeling most thankful …
Pipeline Protesters Vow to Remain at North Dakota Site Despite Orders from Feds to Leave
Now a potential fight and standoff with the Dakota Access Pipeline protesters is developing with the federal government. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has ordered the protesters off the federal land where they created an encampment over the past several months while protesting the $3.8 billion pipeline that will carry oil from North …
AG Scott Pruitt to Meet with Donald Trump
He’s already made a name for himself by challenging some of the Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations such as WOTUS and the Clean Power Plan, and now Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt apparently is interviewing for a possible job with the Donald Trump administration. Reports indicate that Pruitt will meet Monday in New York City with …
ONG Identifies 200 plus Potentially Dangerous Pipeline Sites
While Oklahoma Natural Gas was ordered recently by the State Corporation Commission to carry out a system-wide review of its pipelines following a Jan. 2 explosion in Oklahoma City, the company is refusing to disclose the locations of problem areas. ONG has reportedly identified more than 200 such sections of potentially dangerous pipeline according …
