House Democrats who sat on the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis released a report this week and proclaimed they delivered on their pledge to urgently address the costly climate crisis. Chair Kathy castor released Solving the Climate Crisis 2022: Key Accomplishments and Additional Opportunities, a majority staff report highlighting key accomplishments made by Congress to …
December 15, 2022 archive
I-40 traffic flowing again after repair of major pothole
Some might have called it the Mother of All Potholes—a 20 foot pothole on I-40 near Calumet in western Oklahoma. It’s been repaired but not before several vehicles were damaged this week following heavy rains. Click here for Fox 25 News
Rep. Mullin says House energy work was special
As he prepares to leave the U.S. House and become a U.S. Senator in January, Oklahoma Congressman Markwayne Mullin says he’s especially proud of the time he served on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. In a note to constituents, the Republican Representative, who won the November election to succeed retiring Sen. Jim Inhofe, …
Williams Cos expands gas pipeline holdings with $1.5 billion purchase
Tulsa-based Williams is expanding its natural gas pipeline holdings with the $1.5 billion acquisition of Southwest Gas Holdings’ MountainWest Pipelines Holding Company. The all-cash deal involves more than 2,000 miles of interstate gas lines primarily in Utah, Wyoming and Colorado operated by MountainWest. The systems total nearly 8,031 million dekatherms a day of transmission …
Other energy headlines
** Members of the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis say more remains to be done as the panel wraps up its work ahead of the new Congress. ** President Biden wants Americans to know gas prices are falling fast—and he deserves the credit. The average pump price has plunged from $5 per gallon in June …
Part of Keystone pipeline restarts after leak in northern Kansas
The Keystone pipeline restarted in part following last week’s 14,000 barrel crude oil leak into a creek in northern Kansas. An investigation has yet to determine the cause of the leak but a federal report revealed the operator received a 2017 special exemption that allowed the line to operate at pressures above the standard …
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