February 15, 2022 archive

New Mexico legislature kills hydrogen hub bill

  A bill to turn New Mexico into a clean hydrogen energy hub is apparently dead in the state’s legislature after environmentalists came out against the measure. The legislature’s House Speaker announced this week that the bill, considered one of the most contentious in the legislature this year, is dead reported the Santa Fe New …

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OGE bond case received by Oklahoma Supreme Court

  The Oklahoma Supreme Court has now officially received the $800 million bond securitization case involving Oklahoma Gas and Electric and the Oklahoma Development Finance Authority. A posting this week on the Supreme Court website indicated the case had been “assigned” to the court. No further details were offered in the posting. A Supreme Court …

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Nebraska residents demand answers over contaminated for ethanol plant

  Some legislators and environmental groups in Nebraska are demanding the state legislature investigate a former ethanol plant that left behind a stockpile of contaminated waste. At the heart of the issue is the AltEn plant near Mead which is now a stockpile of tens of thousands of tons of pesticide-laden waste reported the Lincoln …

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Walgreens stores to be site of EV charging stations

  Coming soon to a Walgreens near you….electric vehicle charging stations. While the company only says 500 Walgreens sites will soon get the stations courtesy of EV charging network Volta, it hasn’t identified which drugstores will get them. reported Engadget. Click here for Engadget

$1 million in fines issued by New Mexico against 2 energy firms

  Energy companies Contango Oil & Gas Co. and Novo Oil & Gas Northern Delaware, LLC have been fined more than $1 million by the state of New Mexico for failing to comply with regulations. The state Oil Conservation Division issued the combined penalties reported the Santa Fe New Mexican. Click here for Santa Fe New …

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Ethanol—not so green? Study claims

  While the Biden administration has been supportive of more development of ethanol as a climate-change preventive fuel, a new study shows that corn-based ethanol is a bigger contributor to global warming than straight gasoline. The study was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and flies in the face of USDA …

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