Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford touched on a couple of energy issues in a recent newsletter to his supporters, including “Stopping Tax Credit for Expensive Electric Vehicles.” “The Biden Administration loves giving Americans’ hard-earned tax money away to his preferred voters. The latest examples are his tax breaks for luxury electric vehicles and free …
** As President Joe Biden pushes to accelerate the nation’s transition to clean energy, three Chicago suburbs and more than two dozen other Illinois communities are mulling plans to double down on lung-damaging, climate-changing coal. ** The White House announced steps Tuesday to modernize the country’s aging electric infrastructure.The new initiative between the feds and 21 states …
Yes, another surprise move in the growing controversy over a judge’s ruling to suspend Oklahoma’s Energy Discrimination Elimination Act. How much research did lawmakers do when they passed the state’s now-suspended anti-ESG law? This week we discuss how Jerry’s eyebrow-raising report reveals little if any economic analysis went into the consideration of the legislation that is …
A short week of trading lies ahead for crude oil prices following the long Memorial Day weekend and after they gained 1% on Friday’s trading. Prices rose for the day but still finished the week down because of continued concerns over high interest rates in the U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude gained 85 cents or …
Oil and gas rig counts fell in Oklahoma, Texas and the nation in the past week, reported Baker Hughes in its most recent announcement released last Friday. Oklahoma’s count dropped by one to 43 as the state approached the 46 rigs it had a year ago. Nationally, the count declined by four, leaving 600 …
Someone other than Fox News has started holding the Biden administration accountable for the lack of progress in the billions of dollars being spent on a nationwide EV charging network, one that is to include development of chargers in Oklahoma. It happened over the weekend on the CBS Sunday morning show, Face the Nation, …
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond figures if you’re going to sue the state over its Energy Discrimination Elimination Act, then you better be prepared to follow the law and put up the money. In light of an Oklahoma County Judge’s recent suspension of the enforcement of the Act, a ruling in a lawsuit filed …
An oil and gas group agreed with Kentucky U.S. Rep. James Comer who recently blasted the Biden administration during a committee hearing where Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm testified about the administration’s effort to promote electric vehicles. Energy Workforce & Technology Council President Tim Tarpley targeted Granholm for not offering more details about the LNG export …
Congresswoman Bice (R-OK) led a letter with 7 of her colleagues, to Director Kenneth Graham of the National Weather Service (NWS). The letter expresses concerns on reported outages pertaining to radar data, the Automated Surface Observing System, and transmitters of NOAA Weather Radio. “On multiple occurrences this year, some of NWS life-saving services, including radar data, the …
The Oklahoma Energy Resources Board (OERB) announced new officers recently elected to serve on the board of directors. Joe Brevetti has been elected as the Chairman of the Board of Directors, bringing with him over 40 years of experience in the oil and natural gas industry as the managing partner of Charter Oak Production …
