New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has run into opposition over her plan to create an interstate hydrogen energy hub along with the states of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. It’s coming from a New Mexico coalition of Indigenous and environmental groups who sent a letter this week to U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm asking …
In response to a lawsuit filed a few months ago by Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas against the government’s listing of the lesser prairie chicken as endangered, conservationists recently responded in defense of the government’s move. The Center of Biological Diversity and the Texas Campaign for the Environment filed a motion to intervene in defense …
Okay, it’s not an energy related story. But I had to point out that when the U.S. House on Wednesday rejected a Republican effort to censure Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., Oklahoma Representatives split their votes. The final vote was 225-196 and included 20 Republicans who joined Democrats in tabling the censure resolution filed by …
There’s a reason Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly is smiling and applauding. After all, her state just landed another big corporate plant—a $257 million Walmart beef-packing plant. The plant, to be located in Olathe, will create 667 permanent jobs and bring in about 1,000 other workers to build the 330,000-square-foot plant reported the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. …
Trucking rules described by Oklahoma Congressman Josh Brecheen as “draconian” were defended this week by President Biden who vetoed and put the brakes to a congressional effort to overturn them. In his veto message, the President defended the administration’s rule governing pollution from heavy-duty vehicles including trucks and buses. “The rule cuts pollution, boosts public …
The response of OG&E crews when tornadoes struck Norman and Shawnee this spring resulted in national recognition for the company crews from the Edison Electric Institute. The EEI awarded the Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company Emergency Response Awards which recognize recovery and assistance efforts of electric companies following service disruptions caused by extreme weather …
The latest completion reports on file with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission show just how busy two energy companies have been in different regions of the state. BCE-Mach in the northwest and CPRP Services in the south central part of Oklahoma. Oklahoma City-based CPRP Services LLC had more success in McClain County with two wells …
