While home-heating financial assistance from federal programs is based on income levels, the funding assistance rose dramatically in Oklahoma from 2021 to 2022 according to figures provided by the state. The funding increased by millions of dollars, an indication that rising utility rates might have had a real impact on financial situations for families …
January 11, 2023 archive
New federal office created for abandoned well plugging as Oklahoma moves forward
As Oklahoma moves ahead with federal funding of an abandoned well-plugging effort, there’s now a new federal office to handle such cleanup projects across the U.S. U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland announced this week she created an office to make sure there is efficient use of the Biden administration’s $4.7 billion investment …
Headlines of other energy stories
** Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday it would be “inappropriate” for the central bank to plunge itself into the fight against climate change. ** Average wholesale electricity prices at major trading hubs in the United States rose throughout much of 2022 and were, at times, volatile as a result of extreme weather events reported …
No comment from trade unions over new Keystone XL pipeline report
When the Keystone XL pipeline project was canceled by President Biden, labor unions had plenty to say, and they weren’t kind to the White House. But this week, they had little to say when a new government report, yes by the Biden administration, admitted the cancellation hurt the country’s economy. As Fox News pointed …
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