Google, the international tech giant that has already spent millions developing a data center in Pryor, Oklahoma is now considering a $600 million data center project in Kansas City. The Kansas City Star reported that Google wants to locate the project in the city’s northside. International technology giant Google is considering an expansive data center …
July 22, 2019 archive
July is Home Energy Aid Month and PSO is part of it
Public Service Company of Oklahoma is teaming with the Salvation Army, City of Tulsa and other utilities to be part of Home Energy Aid Month in July. Together, PSO and the other organizations will raise awareness and support for area residents who need temporary help in paying their home heating or cooling bills. Home Energy …
FERC members are split over natural gas and climate change
After interviewing all four members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Axios reporter Amy Harder found them to be divided over natural gas and climate change. Regulatory decisions about America’s bounty of natural gas are in the hands of an obscure and understaffed federal agency with a limited mandate to think about climate change. Why …
Chinese scientist barred from Canadian laboratory
No one’s calling it another example of Chinese spying but a recent incident at a Canadian disease laboratory is raising questions and prompting growing speculation. Sciencemag.org reports that Canadian researchers are reacting with puzzlement to the news that a “policy breach” has caused the nation’s only high-containment disease laboratory to bar a prominent Chinese Canadian …
Environmental group loses challenge in Missouri
A Missouri environmental group that has filed suits against the EPA, the Army Corps of Engineers and the state of Missouri has lost an appeal with the U.S. Supreme Court. The high court recently upheld a lower court’s decision to dismiss the petition of the Missouri Coalition for the Environment challenging the makeup of the …
Legislature to study state’s response to historic Arkansas River flooding
An interim Oklahoma House study of the Arkansas river flooding has been approved by House Speaker Charles McCall, R-Atoka but he did not sign off on other proposed water studies. He also approved studies on solar energy. The Speaker announced a list of 90 interim study requests that he had approved and a request by …
Gasoline prices take a drop in Oklahoma
Average gasoline prices dropped only a few cents a gallon in Oklahoma in the past week while rising nearly 8 cents in the past few weeks across the rest of the country. AAA Oklahoma reports the national gas price average is $2.79 while Oklahoma’s average is $2.47, a drop of 3 cents in the past …
Rep. Lucas on rural broadband service and GPS
Oklahoma congressman Frank Lucas says he’s using his position as the top Republican on the U.S. House Science, Space and Technology Committee to make sure farming is included in development of rural broadband service and GPS technology. It’s what he told Ron Hays at the Oklahoma Farm Report. Click here for the story and interview. …
Schlumberger reports growth in 2Q revenue
Schlumberger, with its operations in Oklahoma and other oil-producing states in the U.S. announced a 5% increase in its worldwide revenue of $8.3 billion in the second quarter of 2019. The Paris-based company’s North America revenue was $2.8 billion or 2% higher than the previous quarter. International revenue was $5.5 billion or 8% more. The …
Appeals court reverses $162 fine against Colorado mining company
The fight over a $162 fine against a large underground coal mining company in Colorado has led the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse the decision of an Administrative Law Judge. Peabody Twentymile Mining LLC, operator of the Foidel Creek Mine near Steamboat Springs in northwest Colorado challenged the ALJ’s ruling which was …
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