The lawsuit led by Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond in a challenge of the EPA’s new methane emissions limits prompted the SEC this week to delay implementaton of its final rule on climate requirements of the oil and gas industry. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced it will hold off on implementing its own …
Oklahoma’s U.S. House and Senate members who unloaded heavy criticism on President Biden for his 2022 use of the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve to lower gasoline prices no doubt had more criticism over the administration’s latest delay in refiling the Reserve. After announcing in March it intended to acquire 3 million barrels of oil …
Those legislators who held an investigation into the Texas Panhandle wildfires that left 3 persons dead and more than a million acres burned got an earful of complaints from residents as a hearing concluded recently in the city of Pampa, Texas. Residents complained loudly about state agencies and their failure to communicate about the …
A plan to help residents of Norman acquire solar energy panels for their homes is officially underway involving the city of Norman and a private solar firm. Norman announced the partnership two weeks ago with Eight Twenty Solar company, explaining at the time it hopes to create more solar power on homes and commercial …
Slow EV sales nationwide aren’t stopping the state of Colorado from spending $21 million to expand its fast charging networks for electric vehicles. New grants will result in spending for 46 sites that will include 290 charging ports. It means an expansion by about 30%. The Colorado Sun reports private companies and governments …
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation is moving forward with the first phase of expanding electric vehicle infrastructure. The Oklahoma Transportation Commission approved more than $8 million in federal funds be awarded to three private partners to build 13 charging stations along Oklahoma interstates. The stations will be within 50 miles of preexisting or planned …
A filing by Chesapeake Energy with the Securities and Exchange Commission revealed the Federal Trade Commission has apparently expanded its investigation into the proposed merger of the Oklahoma City energy company with Southwestern Energy based in Houston, Texas. It could mean an anticipated government approval might not occur until the second half of …
Here on the eastern edge of the Permian Basin, stable paychecks and the chance to travel draw young people like Vasquez into the wind industry. And once Vasquez secures his associate’s degree in wind energy technology, he knows he has a good shot of finding a job in the field after college. But …
