June 10, 2021 archive

New Mexico stream access fight attracts US Senator

  The long-running dispute in New Mexico over public access to rivers and streams that flow through private property has attracted the attention of Democratic U.S Sen. Martin Heinrich. He’s opposed to a 3-year old state Game Commission rule that gives landowners the ability to petition state officials to certify the waters on private property …

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Keystone XL pipeline is officially dead

  This week’s decision by TC Energy to officially pull out of development of the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline drew quick responses from Oklahomans in congress and others who supported the project. The abandonment left the Keystone officially dead and in the obituary columns. Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin immediately tweeted his reaction. Markwayne …

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Inhofe blasts Biden reversal of Trump water rule

  The Biden administration’s EPA decision this week to reverse the 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule drawn up by the Trump administration drew a rebuke from Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe. The senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee was a supporter of the rule that replaced the illegal Obama-era Waters of …

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$2 billion Devon note exchange completed

  Devon Energy says it finished a nearly $2 billion offer to exchange notes of WPX Energy Inc., the Tulsa firm that merged with Devon earlier this year. In a filing with the Securities Exchange Commission, Devon stated it exchanged approximately $1.96 billion or 97.45% of the WPX notes that were outstanding. The WPX notes …

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Oklahoma ports of entry produce revenue

  Violations by truckers entering Oklahoma brought in more than $900,000 in revenue for the state Corporation Commission during the month of April. Commissioners were told this week that the Motor Carrier Division issued nearly 4,500 citations to drivers who stopped at weigh stations and ports of entry. Oklahoma has four ports of entry and …

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