A European company planning development of a suborbital aircraft with the capability of flying faster than an SR-71 spy plane and higher altitudes than any aircraft wants to come to Oklahoma. Dawn Aerospace, based in the Netherlands, has approached the Oklahoma Space Industry Development Authority with a request for a possible agreement to locate …
Another former state legislator who also led the Biden administration’s USDA efforts in Oklahoma has ended up on the employment rolls of Oklahoma Gas and Electric. Former state Sen. Ken Corn, a Democrat who represented LeFlore and Sequoyah Counties for 8 years beginning in 2002, has joined the utility as its Community Affairs Manager. Corn …
Solar and wind farm setbacks being debated in the Oklahoma legislature are similar to other arguments around the Midwest. One such event took place in Nebraska. Three years after a Nebraska County initiated discussions for rules and regulations for the siting of solar farms, its commissioners voted to create one-half mile setback requirements for …
A new report from the state shows Oklahoma’s aerospace and defense industry is growing and adding not only more jobs but millions to the economy. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce and ACES (Aerospace Commerce Economic Services) announced that Oklahoma’s fastest-growing industry, Aerospace & Defense, experienced another year of massive growth in 2024 after securing $146.6 …
Crude oil supplies made a big gain over the past week, according to the latest Petroleum Update from the federal government. Cushing recorded an increase of 2.4 million barrels as it went from 22.7 million barrels the week of March 21 to 25.1 million barrels in the past reporting period at the end of …
The Oklahoma Water Resources Board is planning a big state capitol event in May. The Board will hold its Water Appreciation Day on May 13 in the 2nd floor rotunda of the Oklahoma State Capitol. This yearly event, hosted by the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, brings together local, state, and federal agencies and many other organizations to …
Another non-public meeting by Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners was revealed this week when the commission filed an Open Meeting Act Exempt Event form. Commissioners revealed in a public posting made April 2 that they met privately with certain staffers for 15 minutes on March 27. Commissioners Kim David, Brian Bingman and Todd Hiett were present …
The Oklahoma State Capitol was packed Wednesday with more than 240 aviation students, representatives from 60 aerospace exhibitors and a strong contingent of active-duty military members and veterans who gathered for AERO Day. Hosted annually, the event highlights Oklahoma’s booming aerospace industry, which stands as the state’s second-largest economic driver. Senator Paul Rosino, R-Oklahoma …
** A federal judge on Wednesday pressed an attorney for the Environmental Protection Agency about whether the agency broke the law when it swiftly terminated $20 billion worth of grants awarded to nonprofits for a green bank by allegedly bulldozing past proper rules and raising flimsy accusations of waste and fraud. ** CenterPoint Energy has completed the …
Former Continental Resources manager Jeremy Hodges has been named to be the new director of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s Oil and Gas Conservaton Division. The announcement was made April 2 but indicated Hodges actually had joined the commission on March 31, 2025, bringing decades of oil and gas industry experience to his new …
