Oklahoma Congressman Josh Brecheen recently joined a handful of others in the House and Senate in raising an alarm about the harmful effects of the chemical abortion drug mifepristone. He and Florida Senator Marco Rubio and 9 others mailed a letter to the Michael Regan, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and inquired about …
May 30, 2024 archive
ONE Gas annual meeting results announced
ONE Gas revealed results of its recent May 23 shareholders meeting, indicating the size of the company’s Board of Directors was reduced from nine to seven. The reduction came as a result of the retirement of directors Robert B. Evans and Douglas H. Yaeger immediately lprior to the annual meeting. The remaining directors, …
Rubber plant operators say they’ll close under threat of new EPA emissions rules
Operators of a major synthetic rubber manufacturing plant in Louisiana say they will shut down the plant “likely permanently” if they have to meet the government’s new deadline to reduce emissions. Located in the heart of what’s called “Cancer Alley”because of the high cancer rates among nearby Black residents, the Denka Performance Elastomer plant …
Energy briefs
** The Department of Energy’s “moonshot factory” has announced $150 million in funding to transform the American energy system from the ground up. ARPA-E, the research and development arm of the Energy Department, is looking for “open and audacious ideas” that help to build out “this vision of the energy landscape that doesn’t [yet] exist,” …
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