A big energy challenge is about to be formally launched by Republican leaders in the U.S., a package endorsed by Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas in his capacity as chairman of the House Science and Technology committee. Lucas was among a handful of key committee leaders who supported the energy package pushed by Speaker Kevin McCarthy. …
March 6, 2023 archive
Quick energy reads
** California officials arrest a man suspected of blowing up two Pacific Gas & Electric transformers and leaving thousands of Bay Area utility customers without power late last year. ** Many state and national leaders took to social media after a second Norfolk Southern train derailed in Springfield Saturday afternoon. Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown said he is …
Train derailment across state line near Wellington, Kansas
The same day a second Norfolk Southern train derailed in Ohio, 18 cars of a Union Pacific freight train jumped the tracks just across the Oklahoma state line near Wellington, Kansas. Happened Saturday evening around 5 o’clock according to Union Pacific. There were no injuries and no hazardous materials involved. The 18 cars were …
US House hearing to explore research at FAA
A subcommittee of a House committee chaired by U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas intends to hold a hearing this week exploring the Federal Aviation Administration’s research and development, some of which is carried on at the FAA’s Mike Monroney Center in Oklahoma City. The Space and Aeronautics subcommittee chaired by Rep. Brian Babin has jurisdiction …
Guy embezzled $9 million in cow poop to green energy scheme
A California man faces charges of embezzling nearly $9 million from investors in a cow poop to green energy scheme. Prosecutors say Raymond Brewer, 66, convinced investors he was turning cow poop into the green energy and then not building any of the anaerobic digesters to convert the manure to methane gas reported GIZMODO. …
XTO operation in New Mexico faces challenge from enviros
Environmental group WildEarth Guardians went after XTO Energy and its Permian Basin operations in southeast New Mexico. It filed a petition asking the federal government to object to a New Mexico state permit for emissions of potential air pollutants from the XTO Energy’s Wildcat Compressor Station according to the Carlsbad Current-Argus. WildEarth Guardians argued …
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