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Sierra Club to Pruitt and Trump Supporters—–Get Ready to be Disappointed
The Sierra Club has widened its nationwide fundraising effort on the backs of Donald Trump and the man he has nominated to run the Environmental Protection Agency—-Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt. “Get ready to be disappointed,” wrote Michael Brune, Executive Director of the Sierra Club in his latest email pitch asking for contributions. “We’re launching …
Pruitt ‘right person to fix EPA’?
Count Justin Haskins as a supporter of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to be head of the Environmental Protection Agency under the new Donald Trump administration. Haskins happens to be Executive Editor of the Chicago-based Heartland Institute and calls Pruitt “the right person to fix broken EPA.” Writing in the Sunday edition of The …
Key Energy Emerges From Bankruptcy
Another energy company that filed Chapter 11 has emerged from bankruptcy. Houston-based Key Energy made the announcement, stating that it was also relisting on the New York Stock Exchange after eliminating $694 million of its long-term debt in the reorganization. It also shed more than $45 million of annual interest expense going forward, according …
Krauthammer on Pruitt—–“most incendiary nomination by far”
Conservative writer Charles Krauthammer calls Donald Trump’s nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt “the most incendiary nomination by far” of those picked by Trump to be leaders in his incoming administration. In his Dec. 16 column titled “The Trump Cabinet: Bonfire of the Agencies,” Krauthammer wrote, “Pruitt’s is the most important nomination because it …
Corbett to Chesapeake Board of Directors
Chesapeake Energy has added Luke R. Corbett to its Board of Directors. The Oklahoma City-based company said the appointment was effective Dec. 14 and Corbett will serve as a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating, Governance and Social Responsibility Committee. Corbett will also stand for re-election at the 2017 annual meeting of shareholders …
State Ag Secretary Says Pruitt’s a Good Pick to be EPA Chief
Add Oklahoma Agriculture Secretary Jim Reese to the list of those supporting Donald Trump’s nomination of Attorney General Scott Pruitt to be the next leader of the Environmental Protection Agency. Reese issued a statement this week saying the ultra-green environmental groups won’t get the Armageddon they predict “It won’t be Armageddon, but a major dust …
Senators Targeted to Block Pruitt’s EPA Nomination
Donald Trump’s nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt promises to be one of the more controversial confirmation hearings in his new administration and opponents have already laid out their plans. For instance, the Sierra Club has started a five-figure, online ad campaign in a bid to convince seven Republican and three moderate Democratic Senators …
Smithsonian Magazine Targeted by Greens
Environmentalists aren’t just critical of oil and gas and coal operations in Oklahoma and across the country, but now one group has targeted Smithsonian magazine. It’s considered one of the nicest slick-magazine productions in the country. But Green America contends Smithsonian’s 19 million magazines produced a year should be printed on recycled paper, a move …
Bribery Fight Takes Another Step at Supreme Court Level
The fight over a 1989 bribed Corporation Commission vote took another step late Friday as ATT filed a motion with the State Supreme Court to suppress some 4,000 pages of documents that detail the bribe by a late Southwestern Bell Telephone company attorney of a sitting Corporation Commissioner and of corporation commission staff. ATT filed …
City of El Reno Sells Airpark Mineral Rights for $4.8 million
The city of El Reno recently raked in $4.8 million over the competitive bidding for the three-year lease rights to minerals on the City’s Airpark. Haggard Land Company based in Oklahoma City cast the winning bid offering $15,000 per acre and a 20 percent royalty on any oil or natural gas it pulls from beneath …