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Left Says Pruitt is Mischaracterizing Their Paris Criticisms
(Courtesy of E&E News) The scientific community has warned that the Paris Agreement would not go far enough to limit global warming. U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is now using that criticism to help justify President Trump’s decision to exit the international climate accord. Speaking to the media Friday and over the weekend, Pruitt …
Two Arrested Near Fairview for Spilling Oil and Saltwater, Setting Fires
Two men were arrested Friday following a three-week investigation by the Major County Sheriff’s Office regarding an oil spill. Joshua England, 20, and Dakota Gray, 26, were arrested after they allegedly set several hay bales on fire. The two men along with a male juvenile are also accused of causing damage to a rural oil …
Trump Announces Plan to Privatize FAA’s Air Traffic Control System
President Trump unveiled his three-year plan on Monday to modernize the nation’s air traffic control system through privatization. Trump believes an overhaul of the Federal Aviation Administration is long overdue. Airline executives have advocated this position for some time. Under the plan, a private, non-profit organization would be developed to operate the nation’s air traffic …
Crude Oil Futures Drop on Monday as Arab Nations Split from Qatar
Oil prices dropped on Monday as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates severed diplomatic ties with neighboring Qatar, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, July West Texas Intermediate crude fell 26 cents, or 0.6%, to settle at $47.40 a barrel. August Brent crude, the global benchmark, slipped 48 …
Public Comment Sought on Seismic Testing Along Atlantic Ocean Coast
In response to President Trump’s executive order of April 28 to open the Atlantic Ocean coast to offshore drilling, the National Marine Fisheries Service on Monday issued its intent to seek public input on the use of seismic air guns. In conjunction with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the agency …
Completion Reports June 6, 2017
KINGFISHER COUNTY Oklahoma Energy Acquisitions Lp Miss’an (ex Chester): Oil 306 Water 1400 Gas Lift 20 17N 6W Motorhead 1706 4-20mh, April 13, 2017 HH, OIL, TD: 12635 ft Lat: 35.94101, Long: -97.86681 API: 35073254630000 LOGAN COUNTY Red Bluff Resources Operating Llc Mississippian(5691): Oil 176 Gas 162 Water 1264 Pump 20 17N 2W Wilcox …
Permits to Drill June 6, 2017
Custer County KNUTE #1-33-4XH, June 05 2017 33 15N 15W NENWNWNW API: 03922504 Lat: 35.73920505831344, Long: -98.80841698688361 CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC HH, DR, 24312 ft, MISSISSIPPIAN(14252) Dewey County CHERRY MASH SWD (K. M. SMITH 1-6) #1, June 02 2017 06 16N 15W CNE API: 04322198 Lat: 35.895552826751, Long: -98.83158662403042 CARRERA ENERGY LLC SH, RE, 10650 …
The GOP Shift From Debating Climate Policy to Opposing It was Fueled by Big Money — and Galvanized by Barack Obama’s Executive Orders
(Courtesy of The New York Times) WASHINGTON — The campaign ad appeared during the presidential contest of 2008. Rapid-fire images of belching smokestacks and melting ice sheets were followed by a soothing narrator who praised a candidate who had stood up to President George W. Bush and “sounded the alarm on global warming.” It …
President Trump Voices His Conscience, Withdraws from Paris Climate Accord
Following President Trump’s withdrawal of the United States from the Paris Climate Accord on Thursday, it’s evident that the man who occupies the executive branch has merely acted on his longstanding belief that climate change was a false concept, according to a recent article published by Peter Baker of The New York Times. “Global warming …
Trump Withdrawal From Paris Climate Accord Sinks Crude Oil Futures on Friday
Crude oil futures ended lower on Friday as President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord increased worry among investors, according to Bloomberg MarketWatch. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, July West Texas Intermediate crude slid 70 cents, or 1.5%, to settle at $47.66 a barrel. WTI lost 4.3% for the week, which was the …