Oklahoma doesn’t have the kind of coal industry compared to Kentucky or Wyoming so the latest news out of the U.S. Energy Information Administration might not be so surprising. But the amount of coal burned for electricity in 2016 was the lowest since 1984. It amounted to 677 million short tons burned which accounted for …
Oklahoma continues with some of the cheapest gasoline in the country as this week’s average pump price is $2.09, a 3-cent increase in the past week according to the weekly report from AAA Oklahoma. Surrounding states have prices about 3 cents higher including Arkansas and Missouri. The U.S. average is up slightly to $2.38 a …
Following U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt’s appearances on the Sunday morning talk shows, the Sierra Club issued a response to Pruitt’s attempt to persuade the general public about the Trump Administration’s underlying decision to abandon the Paris Climate Agreement. “This Administration’s increasingly defensive attempts to spin their disastrous decision to leave the Paris …
(Courtesy of E&E News) The scientific community has warned that the Paris Agreement would not go far enough to limit global warming. U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is now using that criticism to help justify President Trump’s decision to exit the international climate accord. Speaking to the media Friday and over the weekend, Pruitt …
Two men were arrested Friday following a three-week investigation by the Major County Sheriff’s Office regarding an oil spill. Joshua England, 20, and Dakota Gray, 26, were arrested after they allegedly set several hay bales on fire. The two men along with a male juvenile are also accused of causing damage to a rural oil …
