Oklahoma’s state Transportation Department might have been put into even more of a lurch this past week regarding suspended funding for the buildout of an EV charging network along major interstates in Oklahoma. That’s when President Trump’s administration on Thursday night ordered states such as Oklahoma and others to bring to a screeching halt, …
February 10, 2025 archive
Missouri landowners hit with eminent domain by Grain Belt Transmission line
The developer of the $7 billion Grain Belt Express transmission line, the one designed to carry wind-powered electricity from southwest Kansas to Indiana, has filed more than 40 eminent domain petitions against Missouri property owners. The company resorted to the legal condemnation of land after owners rejected offers. Click here for Columbia Missourian
Mitsubishi cancels plans for $1.3 billion chemical plant
A proposed $1.3 billion chemical plant in Louisiana has been cancelled by vehicle manufacturer Mitsubishi. The company originally wanted to produce methyl methacrylate or MMA, a chemical used to produce plastic and rubber products and paints and glazes. But the Japanese conglomerate did an independent report last summer that concluded the plant would not be …
Energy briefs
** On Friday, 22 U.S. senators wrote a letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum warning him that the Trump administration’s effort to shrink the federal workforce could cripple the National Park Service (NPS) ahead of the busy summer season. ** Slowing US oil-production growth is casting a pall over projects intended to expand crude shipments to overseas markets, …
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