Kansas legislators started debate this week on a bill to create more government regulation on the state’s wind industry. Opponents contend that Republican Sen. Mike Thompsons bill would only create new obstacles to locating wind farms based on light, sound and distance metrics. The Kansas Reflector described Thompson as a climate change denier and …
Electric Vehicle startups have launched a campaign nationally to allow direct sales to consumers but it’s being opposed in Oklahoma where only dealerships are allowed to sell new cars and trucks. Sen. James Leewright of Bristow authored SB822 which would restrict EV manufacturers from attempting direct sales to consumers, thereby avoiding the use of …
Nuclear energy in the U.S. will be the focus of a Thursday morning hearing by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on which Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford serves. Following opening statements from Democratic chairman Joe Manchin and Republican ranking member Sen. John Barrasso witnesses will offer testimony on the latest developments in the …
** A federal court in Idaho ruled a legal challenge led by two grassroots wildlife conservation groups against a natural gas pipeline can proceed. The proposed pipeline in question is the Crow Creek Pipeline. It is intended to provide natural gas to Afton, Wyoming via pipeline instead of the current method of highway transportation. The pipeline is …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford and others on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee won’t have to deal with the President’s number two pick for the Interior Department. The White House withdrew its nomination of Elizabeth Klein to be the Interior Department’s deputy secretary after Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski pushed back on it. …
