More than 30 Oklahoma City Public School teachers participated in an immersive professional development day hosted by the people of Oklahoma oil and natural gas this week. The day included hands-on learning, a keynote speaker and a tour of a drilling rig. Stephanie Bradley, Senior Environmental Advisor at Enbridge served as the keynote. She provided …
The civil trial stemming from the gas rig explosion and fire two years ago that killed 5 workers near Quinton,Oklahoma resumes this week in Pittsburg County District Court in McAlester. The suit is against Houston-based National Oilwell Varco and the trial began last week. One of those who testified last week was NOV employee Dalton …
New enforcement rules targeting the oil and gas industry in New Mexico have been adopted by the state’s Oil Conservation Commission. The move, pushed by Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, restored the power of the Oil Conservation Division to levy administrative fines for violations by oil and gas operators. The division lost its administrative enforcement …
The U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s ruling in support of Baker Hughes Inc. over the 2012 death of an employee at a warehouse in Casper, Wyoming. The Appeals court ruled the lower court judge was correct in decisions in the lawsuit brought by Katherine Morgan whose husband David Morgan …
Congressional Democrats have once again targeted the Environmental Protection Agency, claiming it ignored ethics requirements that are designed to ensure regulators overseeing industrial pollution and chemical safety aren’t doing favors for former employers and clients. Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Reform maintained in a letter to the EPA that newly released documents …
The shutdown of two large crude production bases in Libya, the result of a military blockade caused oil prices to rise Monday to their highest in more than a week. It could mean a huge reduction of crude oil flowing from the OPEC member. As a result of the shutdown, Brent crude was up 48 …
Scientists now say 2019 was the second-warmest year on record and that 83 percent of some 3,500 cities in the U.S. saw average temperatures higher than normal last year. A check of the cities compiled by AccuWeather saw some Oklahoma cities with lower than average temperatures. The list included Ardmore, Oklahoma where the average temperature …
The lawsuit filed by children in Oregon against the government over the climate change fight has been ruled against by judges for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In doing so, the appeals court judges said they “reluctantly” ruled in favor of the government and crushed the plans of the children’s historic legal fight. …
The Oklahoma House of Representatives will consider legislation to prevent telemarketers from replicating numbers and misrepresenting the origin of a phone call. Rep. Kyle Hilbert (R-Bristow) filed House Bill 3081 to prohibit callers from tampering with information displayed on caller IDs to disguise their identities. This practice is known as caller ID spoofing and is …
The Denver federal appeals court has upheld a lower court against the environmental group WildEarth Guardians in a fight over the government’s allocation of water in New Mexico’s Rio Grande River. In a recent ruling, the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the lower court that said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers …
