March 24, 2023 archive

Energy group wants Interior Secretary Haaland investigated over ethics issues

  The Western Energy Alliance in Denver has gone public with a request of Republican leaders to investigate U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland over alleged ethics violations concerning her daughter, Somah Haaland. The request was made by Western Energy’s President Kathleen Sgamma in a letter to U.S. House Natural Resources Committee chairman Bruce Westerman of …

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More fast energy reads

** The Sierra Club alleges in a lawsuit that a major Illinois coal plant has operated “illegally” for more than a decade without an operating permit from the state as required under the Clean Air Act.  ** The Biden administration is finalizing more stringent efficiency requirements for both window air conditioners and portable air cleaner, the first set of …

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Oklahoma Reps supported veto override but failed in the House

  The Republican led House tried and failed this week to override President Biden’s first veto of an ESG investment bill, even with the support of all five Oklahoma members in the House. Reps. Stephanie Bice, Josh Brecheen, Tom Cole, Kevin Hern and Frank Lucas joined 214 other members of the House but 200 Democrats …

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Gov. Stitt gets “his” choice to lead Oklahoma Broadband Office

  The Oklahoma Broadband Office finally has a director—former state Rep. Mike Sanders who was chosen this week to lead the agency with a $1.6 billion budget of federal funds to be spent over the next five years. “Mike’s extensive work at the state House and his time serving in the George W. Bush administration …

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