June 16, 2022 archive

Rep. Mullin wants immediate House action on his energy bill

  Oklahoma congressman Markwayne Mullin made a move this week in the U.S. House to force consideration of his plan to bring down the price of gas. The Republican Representative, who is also a candidate for the U.S. Senate to replace retiring Sen. Jim Inhofe, filed a discharge petition for his bill, H.R. 575, the …

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Heat left thousands of cattle dead in SW Kansas

  While the heat can take a toll on energy workers in the Midwest, it left a dramatic instance of dead cattle just north of the Oklahoma Panhandle last weekend. “It’ s a weather issue.” It’s how one feedlot consultant described what happened last weekend in southwest Kansas where some reports indicated an estimated 8,000 …

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EIA expects significant increases in wholesale electricity prices this summer

  With gasoline prices increasing daily, food costs going up and inflation eating into our budgets, why are we not surprised that the government now expects summer time electricity prices to increase as well? It’s the forecast from the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s  Short-Term Energy Outlook issued this week in which the agency said it expects prices …

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Arkansas businessman hopes to lead the way in EV charging network

  An Arkansas businessman has his sights set on obtaining some of the $54 million in federal funding to expand the state’s EV infrastructure build-out. The Hot Springs Sentinel-Record reports Skylar Keller wants to be on the leading edge of the effort. Click here for Hot Springs Sentinel-Record

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** The Environmental Protection Agency stunned scientists and local officials across the country on Wednesday by releasing new health advisories for toxic “forever chemicals” known to be in thousands of U.S. drinking water systems, impacting potentially millions of people. ** The White House is willing to use the same emergency wartime law it invoked to increase the production of …

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Governor says other states should follow New Mexico’s climate change steps

  New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham went before a Congressional committee this week to talk about climate change, boasting of her state’s efforts to reduce air pollution from fossil fuel production. She used the appearance to urge other states to follow New Mexico’s steps at carbon reductions in the state’s energy sector. “New Mexico …

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