Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company (OG&E) and the University of Oklahoma (OU) Society of Women Engineers students teamed up for GLAMS (Girls Learning and Applying Math and Science), inspiring girls with hands-on design projects. The event brought together middle school girls to explore the exciting world of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), featuring …
The State Supreme Court ruling we first told you about last week where the court overturned a 2022 order waiving the collection of franchise fees by utilities could result in higher utility bills for consumers. At least that’s what Paul Monies of Oklahoma Watch reported as he explored the decision that came out of …
An Arkansas farmer has not only learned to live with solar farms taking over the land around him, but how to generate income from the farms. He does it through “solar grazing” by the hundreds of sheep he employs on the solar farms where their job is to maintain weeds and grass around the …
As the nation’s oil and gas rig count was unchanged in the past week, it meant there were very few changes in rig activity in the U.S. oil and gas plays. The Permian Basin, the nation’s most active play, remained at 303 rigs, according to the most recent Baker Hughes Co. rig count. The …
** President-elect Donald Trump has picked former New York Congressman and gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin to be the head of the Environmental Protection Agency in his upcoming administration. ** The head of the Arkansas Advanced Energy Association believes the state faces an “energy crisis” due to the imminent closure of coal-fired plants and the rollback of …
An Austin, Texas company known for selling thousands of car exhaust cheat devices that skirt air pollution regulations has been hit with a nearly $3 million from the EPA. The agency fined COBB Tuning, the firm that sold 90,000 of the “defeat devices” since 2015. The devices increase a vehicle’s performance by disabling …
A confrontation between the Biden administration and re-elected President Donald Trump is in the making after the government announced plans Friday to create tighter restrictions on oil, solar and wind energy development in the name of protecting the greater sage grouse. The new rules could be reversed, if adopted, with the arrival of …
If there’s one thing Alan Armstrong, CEO and President of Williams Cos. is looking forward to in a second Donald Trump administration, it is the renewed development of energy infrastructure and the removal of constraints on energy development. “The challenge is the infrastructure. It’s not a drilling issue. It’s not a supply issue,” said …
The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority Board unanimously approved three resolutions Thursday in its November monthly meeting that authorizes the Authority to issue revenue bonds sufficient to generate $1 billion in construction fund proceeds to fund the ACCESS Oklahoma long-range plan projects. ACCESS Oklahoma is a strategic corridor plan that focuses on travel time reliability, easing congestion …
Crude oil prices finished the week with a 2% drop and analysts attributed the loss to an easing of concern how Hurricane Rafael will affect oil supplies in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm’s path apparently won’t pose much of a danger to oil production in the Gulf where energy producers had shut in …
