It appears a confirmation vote in the U.S. Senate on Scott Pruitt’s nomination to be the next EPA administrator could be next week. That’s the indication from Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) the ranking Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Also one of the Democrats who for two days last week boycotted the …
Governor Mary Fallin isn’t the only state leader in the U.S. to target energy as a means to solve a state’s revenue crisis. In Pennsylvania, Gov. Tom Wolf has proposed a natural gas production tax. It’s part of a plan to streamline state government and also balance the budget. But some suggest he might only …
Months after Oklahomans joined thousands in protesting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has granted approval for construction to resume. Work by the Texas developer, Energy Transfer Partners, will allow the completion of the 1,700-mile pipeline. The only work remaining is to construct the final …
Tired of waiting two years in an open records request, a Wisconsin based advocacy group has filed suit in Oklahoma City against Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt. The Center for Media and Democracy is accusing Pruitt’s office of violating Oklahoma’s Open Records law. The suit was filed in Oklahoma County District court. “Scott Pruitt has …
Reports indicate that President Trump is expected to hire an energy lobbyist who once worked as an aide to Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe and lobbied for Oklahoma City based Devon Energy. He is Mike Catanzaro, a lobbyist at CGCN Group who was considered a top staffer for Inhofe on the Senate Environment and Public …
Crude oil futures continued plunging lower on Tuesday while traders awaited weekly government data on domestic petroleum supplies, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, March West Texas Intermediate crude fell by 84 cents, or 1.6%, to settle at $52.17 a barrel. On London’s ICE Futures Exchange, April Brent crude, the global benchmark, …
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The pending confirmation of attorney general Scott Pruitt as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency has some California regulators so afraid of him, they are pushing ahead with their own fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles. They fear that once Pruitt takes over, federal car rules might not survive in the Trump administration. Pruitt has …
It should come as no surprise that another Democrat in the U.S. Senate has publicly announced opposition to Attorney General Scott Pruitt to take over at the Environmental Protection Agency. Here’s how Politico’s Morning Energy Report stated the news: “DURBIN LATEST ‘NO’ ON PRUITT: No. 2 Senate Democrat Dick Durbin invoked a novel rationale in …
It’s one thing for Democrats to criticize the governor in her plan to raise taxes. But now she’s opposed by Representative Kevin Calvey, a Republican from Oklahoma City. He’s also calling for a big cut in the subsidies for the wind industry in the state. Calvey said the state could save another $200 million …
