Questions are already being raised in one sector about one of those named to Joe Biden’s presidential transition team…a member who might have used his EPA experience to help DuPont avoid government pressure over its toxic PFAS chemical PFOA. The Intercept raised the questions about Michael McCabe who was named this week by Biden …
The nation’s oil and gas sector isn’t the only industry hurting in this COVID-19 pandemic. A new report says the nation’s clean energy sector added back only about 24,000 jobs last month and still left more than 454,000 workers unemployed in the sector since February. BW Research Partnership said it amounted to a 13% …
The state treasurer in New Mexico has joined environmental activists in urging Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham to close what he calls loopholes in proposed rules to reduce methane flaring in the state. The Associated Press reported that Tim Eichenberg joined a list of what it described as “socially responsible investment groups” that contend there …
Under an economic stimulus program announced this week by Gov. Mark Gordon, Wyoming oil and gas operators will be eligible for COVID-19 pandemic relief totaling $15 million. Individual operators could get up to $500,00 aid which will be funded from federal CARES Act money. The Casper Star-Tribune reported the governor’s intent is to pump …
** Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is reportedly a contender for heading the EPA or Interior Department in President-elect Joe Biden’s administration according to a report by the Spokesman-Review. ** The Associated Press reports the U.S. Department of Energy awarded nearly $14 million to build a hydrogen energy production facility at Xcel Energy’s Prairie Island nuclear plant in Minnesota. ** A central …
Sign In San Antonio oilman Brian Alfaro drew a 10-year prison sentence this week after being convicted of defrauding investors in oil and gas wells in Texas out of millions of dollars. The 51-year old Alfaro was sentenced Tuesday by U.S District Judge Fred Biery who also ordered him to pay nearly $9.9 million …
Joining thousands of out-of-work oil and gas people in Oklahoma are those employees of three Justice clothing stores in the state. The State Office of Workforce Development announced Thursday that Ascena Retail Group will close its Justice clothing stores by early 2021. The closings will include the Justice store in Tulsa Woodland Hills, one …
SUBSCRIBE n In A Texas legislator prefiled a bill this week proposing an additional tax on wind, solar, coal and nuclear generation. But the bill by Rep. Ken King of Canadian, Texas in the Panhandle would not increase taxes on natural gas. The Houston Chronicle reported that King, a Republican proposed an additional one cent …
Texas-based Gron Fuels plans to build a more than $1 billion renewable diesel plant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana after winning a land lease agreement with the Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission. Gron expects to have the plant operational sometime in 2023, according to a re port by The Advocate. The paper indicated the company has …
Completion reports filed on November 11, 2020. completions: none were processed today (holiday)
