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Despite Resident’s Opposition, Another Wind Farm is Approved
One of the nation’s latest wind farms has won approval in Antelope County, Nebraska even though some residents fought the project. The county’s Board of Supervisors voted this week to let Invenergy of Chicago put up 160 turbines near the town of Neligh. Invenergy already operates a wind farm near Elgin, Nebraska. But in approving …
Nation’s Newest Oil Refinery Delayed Again by North Dakota Officials
A bid by Houston-based Meridian Energy Group Inc. to build an $850 million oil refinery only 3 miles from the Theodore Roosevelt National Park in western North Dakota is delayed again by county leaders in Medora. If approved, it would be the nation’s newest refinery. Billings County Commissioners decided this week to wait until July …
Tulsa Breaks Ground for Second CNG Refueling Station
The city of Tulsa broke ground this week on a second CNG refueling station for its city fleet of CNG powered vehicles and for public use. The site is located in East Tulsa on East 33rd street near the I-44/Broken Arrow Expressway Interchange. The new refueling site has a $2 million price tag on it …
Coffeyville Refinery Forced to Reduce Production Due to Pipeline Suspension
Production has been reduced by CVR Refining at its refinery in Coffeyville, Kansas because the temporary shutdown of the Magellan Midstream Partners 8-inch refined petroleum products pipeline. The line transports up to 30,000 barrels a day of refined products from the refinery to Kansas City, Kansas and is one of three pipelines that support the …
Medical Examiner Follows Police in Calling Aubrey McClendon’s Death an Accident
The same day Oklahoma City police said that energy billionaire Aubrey McClendon’s March death was the result of a fiery traffic accident and not suicide, the state medical examiner issued a similar finding. “The cause of death is multiple blunt force trauma due to motor vehicle collision. The manner of death is accident,” …
Police Wrap up Probe into Aubrey McClendon’s death—–call it a traffic accident.
More than two months after Oklahoma energy leader Aubrey McClendon, one of the co-founders of Chesapeake Energy, died in a fiery SUV crash in Oklahoma City, police are calling it a traffic accident. It was not suicide by the 56-year old energy magnate. His death on March 2 came a day after an Oklahoma City …
Quapaw Tribal Chief Calls EPA Rules “heavy legal burden”
A U.S. Senate subcommittee exploring the impact of unfunded mandates from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was told this week by the chief of Oklahoma’s Quapaw tribe the mandates are a heavy legal burden. John Berrey testified before the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Management and Regulatory Oversight. “We have a …
Texas Railroad Commission Votes to Fight EPA’s Methane Emission Rules
The State of Texas is about to legally challenge the methane gas emission rules handed down recently by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Texas Railroad Commission voted this week to ask Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to file a Petition for Review. “These rules are just another assault from the Obama administration in its war …
Summit to Feature Legal Ramifications of Unmanned Aerial Systems
August is when the 2016 Oklahoma Unmanned Aerial Systems Summit will be held at the National Weather Service in Norman. The 6th annual statewide summit is sponsored by the Unmanned Systems Alliance of Oklahoma, or USA-OK. The Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission plans a presentation addressing legal and public policy issues of Unmanned Aircraft Systems on the evening …
Inhofe Says Toxic Reform Act is Example of What Congress Can Do
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe says the chemical safety bill approved by the Senate and sent to the President to be signed into law is an historic piece of environmental regulatory reform. The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act awaits the President’s signature after the Senate approved it Tuesday with a …