Tesla plans to host its annual shareholder meeting, followed by a “battery technology day” presentation, on Tuesday, September 22. Elon Musk’s electric car company is likely to disclose specifications for at least one new type of battery cell that the company has been developing, and may give an aspiring start-date for manufacturing its own …
Despite massive layoffs in the energy industry and growing job losses elsewhere because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Oklahoma’s jobless rate is still the 10th lowest in the country. The state’s jobless rate is down to 5.7% after soaring to 12.6% in May. Click here to read the story at The McCarville Report.
Seventy-five workers at an Oklahoma City restaurant are among the latest to be sent to the unemployment lines because of the coronavirus pandemic. They join tens of thousands of energy workers who also lost their jobs because of the spread of COVID-19. Oklahoma’s Office of Workforce Development was notified of the layoff of the …
Walmart announced it is doubling down on addressing the growing climate crisis and plans to target zero emissions across the Arkansas-based company’s global operations by 2040. The Bentonville company also said it is committed to protecting, managing and restoring at least 50 million acres of land and a million square miles of ocean by …
A California-based energy group is catching the attention of some critics, including some who fear it might try to become active in Oklahoma. It is the Energy and Policy Institute which describes itself as a “watchdog” group. Its critics think it might be more of an attack dog group against fossil fuels. Energy …
** The Saudi Energy Minister warned traders on Thursday against betting heavily in the oil market saying he will try to make the market “jumpy” and promised those who gamble on the oil price would be hurt “like hell”. ** Mesa Royalty Trust in Houston announced that there will be no distribution paid for the month ended …
A University of Tulsa student’s plan to monitor the water quality of the Arkansas River is gaining ground in Tulsa, thanks to a request from the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality. The story from the Tulsa World. Click here to read.
NextEra Energy’s proposed wind farm near Hutchinson, Kansas has county officials working on new wind farm restrictions and regulations, including required setbacks from residential areas. In a recent meeting, the Reno County Planning Commission listened to 50 speakers during a four and one-half session before concluding to take no additional public comment. Some members of …
Oklahoma Gas and Electric is one of five major utilities in the U.S. identified as not promising to fully decarbonize and follow suit in which numerous other firms have done. GreenTech Media identified five major utilities that it described as “exceptions” or “holdouts” that have not promised to eliminate their greenhouse gas emissions. GTM …
The Trump administration has shelved plans to offer nearly 350,000 acres for oil and gas leasing in Wyoming next week, according to documents seen by Reuters on Thursday, citing protections for a threatened Western bird. In notices posted on a Bureau of Land Management website on Sept. 11 and Sept. 14, the agency’s …
