May 19, 2021 archive

Who’s Putin’s ‘puppy’ now?

  The Biden administration’s move to waive sanctions on the corporate entity and CEO overseeing the construction of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline into Germany is expected to draw criticism from Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford and others who earlier had expressed dissatisfaction over the issue. During the Presidential campaign last fall, Biden accused then-President …

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California and its rolling blackouts

  State leaders in California say they’re better prepared to avoid the rotating and tolling electrical blackouts the state experienced last year—blackouts criticized by Oklahoma congressman Markwayne Mullin. In an interview last fall with OK Energy Today in which he warned of the extreme anti-fossil fuel steps that would be taken under a Biden presidency, …

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New Mexico Senator wants to ‘electrify’ the US economy

  New Mexico Democratic U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich says the nation should do more to electrify the country’s economy and end the use of fossil fuels. Heinrich, whose state is home to part of the oil-rich Permian Basin which has dumped hundreds of millions into New Mexico’s treasury, introduced  his Electrifying America’s Future resolution which …

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