Crude oil prices on Tuesday dropped nearly 2% to a two-month low following weak economic news in the U.S. and Germany. The news added to fears of slower energy demand. WTI hit its lowest lowest close since December 10 and Brent marked its since December 23. West Texas Intermediate fell $1.77 or 2.5% to …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford has a decision to make when it comes to an ethics and environmental issue and a Democrat Senator. He must decide whether to proceed with an ethics investigation of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., who is being accused of violating ethics rules after backing laws that financially benefited his wife’s environmental organization. …
One project of the Biden administration that won’t be reversed by the Trump administration is allowing year-round sale of higher-ethanol E15 fuel in the midwest. Lee Zeldin, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency said the agreed-upon date of April 28 to make the fuel available in eight states will go ahead as planned. Governors …
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has launched a search for a new director of its Oil & Gas Conservation Division. Robyn Strickland, who for the past six years served as its director and that of the Commission’s Petroleum Storage Tank Division is moving to be director of the Storage Tank Division. This division delivers …
Fort Riley, Kansas, home to the Big Red One, is also home to one of the largest renewable energy projects in the state of Kansas. Onyx Renewables announced completion of Phase 3 of its onsite solar energy project at the large Army post. The total installed solar capacity at the military garrison now exceeds 16 …
As the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether to overturn a lower court’s decision to block a proposed oil-train out of northeastern Utah and across Colorado, some environmental groups who joined a federal lawsuit defending the EPA’s move to strengthen clean air safeguards contend the railway would only worsen pollution. The environmental and public health groups …
While waiting for a vote by Wagoner County Commissioners on a proposed controversial solar farm near Porter, NextEra Energy is urging residents to urge commissioners to approve the project. In a Facebook posting this week, the headline urged, “Say YES to Persica Solar.” NextEra also used text messaging to round up support. The Persica …
Not just the public, but some in Oklahoma’s congressional delegation still remain unsure how government hiring reductions will affect the nation’s flight controllers and specifically, the largest FAA facility in the nation in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma Watch communicated with U.S. Sen. James Lankford and reported he too is unsure of the impact of the …
Another sign of government cutbacks and the new administration’s attitude toward electric vehicles….most of the governments EVs are possibly being put into storage. The General Services Administration,, the agency that manages the federal government’s buildings,, is reported to be planning a shutdown of its 8,000 EV chargers. It might also offload its current …
The latest electric vehicle manufacturer to file for bankruptcy, Nikola, is part of a list of EV makers who have gone broke that includes Canoo, the totally bankrupt company with a manufacturing plant in Oklahoma City and operations in the eastern city of Pryor. Canoo’s CEO Tony Aquila had high hopes and convinced Oklahoma …
