Texas and Iowa are among ten sites chosen by the U.S. Department of Transportation to be proving grounds for self-driving cars or vehicles. The government calls them “automated vehicle technologies” where the proving grounds will “foster innovations that can safely transform personal and commercial mobility, expand capacity, and open new doors to disadvantaged people and …
The attorney who filed the first lawsuit accusing energy companies of causing damaging earthquakes in Oklahoma is telling other law firms—-back off! Scott Poynter of the Poynter Law Group based in Little Rock, Arkansas sent letters Feb. 17 to six law firms telling them to stop contacting his clients. “My clients have been receiving solicitation …
The deadline for former Attorney General Scott Pruitt, now the Chief Administrator of the EPA to submit a response to a more than two-year old open records request is Tuesday in Oklahoma County District Court. In a lawsuit (CV-2017-223) filed by the Center for Media and Democracy based in Madison, Wisconsin, Oklahoma County District Judge …
On the very day he was confirmed then sworn into office as Administrator of the EPA, former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt received his first official communication from some U.S. Senators requesting help in ending an EPA regulation. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), Roy Blunt (R-Missouri), Pat Roberts (R-Kansas) and John Thune (R-South …
Scott Pruitt’s confirmation by the U.S. Senate as the new Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency brought diametrically opposed reactions from Oklahoma’s Democratic and Republican political parties. No surprise how the GOP reacted. “The OKGOP is incredibly proud to announce that Scott Pruitt has been confirmed,” started the announcement. The party said he had served …
Crude oil futures were flat on Friday but fell for the week—caught between larger-than-expected growth in U.S. crude stocks and reports that OPEC members may exercise an option to extend a pact to cut production by six months, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. March West Texas Intermediate crude rose 4 cents, or less than 0.1%, to settle …
While Oklahomans who supported Scott Pruitt’s nomination to be EPA Administrator think he will be an outstanding leader of the EPA, environmentalists have just the opposite view. And his Friday confirmation in the U.S. Senate left them bitterly disappointed. “Despite calls to delay vote until court-ordered emails are released, Oklahoma AG and fossil fuel industry …
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has yet another significant appointment to make in her administration. After the controversial appointment of a new State Supreme Court Justice, she now has to name someone to replace Scott Pruitt as Attorney General following his confirmation to head the EPA. “Scott Pruitt will do a great job as EPA administrator,” …
The fight is over for Scott Pruitt to take over as the new Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He was confirmed in a Friday vote of the U.S. and immediately sworn into office, giving up his hold job as Oklahoma Attorney General. Democrats in the Senate slow-walked his confirmation as much as they …
Oklahoma continues to have some of the cheapest gasoline in the U.S., down 5 cents in the past month and up 77 cents since February 13, 2016, as the statewide average stands at $2.11 per gallon, according to the latest report from AAA Oklahoma. The organization indicated that the price is the same that was …
