Some of the environmental groups are pulling no punches in their attacks against former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, now the man in charge of the Environmental Protection Agency. Take the case of the Environmental Defense Fund which accuses him of leading the “Trump administration’s assault on public health.” Its website features a headline, “Pruitt’s …
The workforce at Chesapeake Energy just took a 13 percent hit. The Oklahoma City-based energy company announced Tuesday morning it had laid off nearly 400 workers, most located on the Chesapeake campus. Doug Lawler, Chief Executive Officer for the company explained in a statement the layoffs were part of the firm’s strategy in recent years …
The Oklahoma Chapter of the Sierra Club is revving up its supporters about the coming legislative session by referring to the Fallin administration as the “ruling oligarchy.” In an email letter to supporters and Sierra Club members, Johnson Bridgwater told them,” The fun begins February 5 and your lobbyist has already been hitting the pavement …
With the Oklahoma drilling rig explosion that claimed the lives of five men last week near Quinton fresh in the minds of the oil and gas industry, the federal government has cited four oil and gas industry employers over a deadly 2017 blast in Colorado. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration …
One federal agency has turned a near-tragic chemical release in northeast Kansas into a “teachable moment.” The U.S. Chemical Safety Board has made a safety video out of what happened Oct. 21, 2016 when more than 11,000 people were evacuated and 140 others were hurt in the toxic chemical release at the MGPI Processing facility …
The last of the three Oklahomans killed in last week’s drilling rig blast near Quinton will be buried Wednesday. Services for Parker Waldridge, 60 of Crescent will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Crescent. He will be buried in the Oakland-Knowles cemetery. Waldridge and four others died when the …
The deadly gas explosion that killed two men last year in a suburb of Denver, Colorado has led to a growing fight between shale drillers and homeowners. The oil and gas industry is in a fight as environmentalists and homeowners want new rules mandating precise and comprehensive public mapping for underground lines. Colorado Gov. John …
Oklahomans have become all too familiar with the U.S. Geological Survey over the past five years, thanks to earthquakes. They soon might get to know the man who has been nominated to run the agency. Now, President Trump has nominated former astronaut and Texas geologist James F. Reilly II to head the USGS, the science …
A quarterly cash distribution of $0.565 per unit was announced this week by Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. based in Dallas. The distribution is for the fourth quarter that ended December 31, 2017 for the company that once tried to merge with Williams Cos. of Tulsa before it ended in messy legal battles. The payout will …
