Search Keywords While it moves ahead with creation of an EV manufacturing plant in Oklahoma City and a battery plant in Pryor, EV maker Canoo recently announced the delivery on time of three Crew Transportation Vehicles or CTVs to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The vehicles were contracted to transport the astronauts to the …
July 2023 archive
PSO ready to help Attorney General in his cases against commodity marketers
Public Service Company of Oklahoma indicated it is ready to help Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond in any way possible as he pursues legal action against those firms that wrongly benefitted from extreme natural gas prices during the 2021 Winter Storm Uri. Wayne Greene, a spokesman for PSO in Tulsa told OK Energy Today, …
Record temperatures hit Oklahoma….but that was in 1934 and 1980
Are the record high temperatures across the nation really a sign of calamitous climate change? The Heartland Institute produced a chart showing similar temperatures occurred nearly 90 years ago—before all of the claims of a deadlly climate change overtaking the country. For example, the 1930s produced some all-time high temperatures in Oklahoma City. It …
Landmark generating station to be demolished in Northwest New Mexico
The residents of the Four-Corners area of New Mexico will soon see the demolition of the long-time San Juan Generating Station where for years, the sky was filled with smoke from the plant. Public Service Company of New Mexico indicated recently that demolition of the plant that was closed last year will begin, first …
Vestas to add 1,000 new jobs at Colorado wind turbine plants
Renewed investments in its Colorado factories by Danish wind energy manufacturer Vestas could mean a thousand new jobs in the state. The company announced it intends to invest $40 million in its factories in Windsor and Brighton in 2024, manufacturing a new line of wind turbines and creating the need for up to 1,000 …
Hamm and other energy leaders give their money to others—not Trump
At one time Oklahoma City billionaire oilman Harold Hamm was such an ardent supporter of Donald Trump and his time as President, that he was known as “Trump’s energy whisperer.” Not any more. As Politico reported this week, Hamm’s money has gone to the Republican presidential campaigns of to Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley. …
Congressman Lucas says foreign ownership of US farmland is wrong
Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas, who is a western Oklahoma farmer and proud of it, says foreign ownership of farmland is a detriment to national security. In his latest “Frankly Speaking” column, the Republican Third district Representative said for far too long, the nation has seen Chinese coming over and buying agricultural land and he’s …
Chesapeake Energy to reveal 2Q earnings in early August
After a first quarter in which the company had $1.3 billion in net income, Chesapeake Energy Corporation prepares to release its second quarter financial results after the close of markets on Tuesday, August 1. The company executives will hold a conference call to discuss the results on Wednesday, August 2 at 8 a.m. Central …
Iowa Senator blasts Kerry and his climate trip to China
China is the enemy—not fossil fuels. It’s the charge made by Iowa U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst as she criticized climate czar John Kerry’s trip to China to revive climate “cooperation.” “Once again, Joe Biden’s climate czar jets off across the world burning the same fossil fuels he rages against, wasting taxpayer dollars, and undermining U.S. strength …
June heat wave in Texas caused release of pipeline emissions
Reports indicate the June heat wave that hit West Texas also resulted in exteme releases of hundreds of tons of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. As the Texas Tribune reported, the high temperatures caused compressor stations along gas pipelines to dial back or shut down which resulted in dangerous pressure buildup in the pipes …