In promoting the Republican Lower Energy Costs Act and fighting President Biden’s green energy policies, Oklahoma Congressman Tom Cole says just look at the numbers. They don’t lie. “They show Americans are struggling,” declared the GOP Representative in his latest column to voters. “No one should have to choose between putting food on the …
April 4, 2023 archive
Canadian firm reports discovery of high lithium levels in east Texas well
A Canadian company that plans to use brine from the Smackover Formation and create lithium battery products in southern Arkansas announced recently it found the highest confirmed levels of the element ever found in North American brine. The discovery was in an east Texas well according to Standard Lithium Ltd which recently began drilling …
Federal judge sides with ConocoPhillips in its Alaskan Arctic drilling venture
ConocoPhillips said it would begin work “immediately” on its $7 billion Willow project in Alaska’s Arctic after a federal judge on Monday ruled against environmentalists who tried to stop the drilling effort. Reuters reported U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason in Anchorage had been asked by environmental groups and a Native American community in two lawsuits filed …
Government’s endangered listing of eastern Oklahoma bat fought by Sen. Mullin and others
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin believes the Biden administration is again guilty of overreaching in its listing of an eastern Oklahoma bat as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. He and a handful of others in Congress filed a Congressional Review Act resolution disapproving of the move to protect the northern long-eared bat which …
Canoo reports $80 million 4Q loss but vows to ramp up OKC plant operations
Fourth quarter results show EV maker Canoo Inc., the company with plans to add a manufacturing plant in Oklahoma in addition to two operations underway in Pryor and Arkansas, revealed a more than $80 million loss. The loss equaled to 25 cents a share and compared to the $138.11 million or 60-cents a share …
Quick energy reads
** On Monday, after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) announced massive oil production cuts, the White House issued a joint statement with the European Union reaffirming that clean energy adoption is critical for enhancing energy security. The statement was a status update on the U.S.-EU Task Force on Energy Security formed amid …
Kansas legislators await Governor’s decision on controlling wind farm flashing lights
All it takes for the state of Kansas to eliminate flashing red lights atop wind turbines is the signature of Gov. Laura Kelly. The legislature passed Senate Bill 49 and sent it t o her to b e signed into law, requiring wind farm operators to use light-mitigating technology on new and existing …
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