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Kansas High Court Rules Against Sierra Club in Coal-Fired Power Plant Fight
The Sierra Club has lost an attempt to stop construction of a $2.8 billion coal-fired power plant to be built in southwest Kansas. The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld a decision by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to Sunflower Electric Power Corp. to build the 895-megawatt unit near Holcomb, a small community west …
U.S. Taxpayers Could Foot the Bill Over Dakota Access Pipeline Protests
Taxpayers will likely get the bill covering $38 million in North Dakota expenses connected to several months of protests against the Dakota Access pipeline. Not just North Dakota taxpayers but U.S. taxpayers as the state seeks money from the federal government. The company building the $3.8 billion pipeline, Energy Transfer Partners based in Dallas has …
Texas Challenges New Federal Underground Gas Storage Rules
Texas is taking on the federal government in a challenge of federal safety regulations on underground natural gas storage. Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a petition in the 5th U.S. Circuit court of Appeals contending the rules were adopted without adequate input and strip local governments of their authority. The new rules were the …
Oil Could Flow This Week Through Dakota Access Pipeline
Oil could be flowing this week through the Dakota Access pipeline in North Dakota even as opponents continue fighting the project. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled over the weekend against the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe’s request for an emergency injunction against the flow of oil. It echoed a …
Iowa Wind Company Accused of Cheating Consumers
Iowa’s main wind farm company is being accused of cheating taxpayers out of millions. MidAmerican En ergy Co.’s Wind VIII project was called a “win-win” for Iowa by Gov. Terry Branstad in 2013. Two years later, the $1.9 billion project came under investigation by the Iowa Attorney General and its Office of Consumer Advocate. …
Kimray Lands Big South American Energy Contract
Oklahoma City-based Kimray Inc. announced it has struck an exclusive distribution agreement with a leading Argentinean company with significant presence throughout the oil and gas value chain. The deal is with Comsert Medicion and Control. The firm will distribute Kimray’s line of regulators, control valves, glycol pumps and liquid level controls in Argentina, Chile and …
Politico Says Inhofe’s Never Been More Influential on Environmental Policy in Washington
Senator Jim Inhofe was in the spotlight Friday when it came to Politico’s Morning Energy Report. The Internet newsletter focused on Inhofe’s influence on capitol hill when it comes to energy and on how his former aides are picking up some of the prime spots in the Environmental Protection Agency. Read what the Morning Energy …
EPA Would be Hardest Hit in Trump Budget—-Could Lose 3,200 Workers
The stories in Washington indicate Scott Pruitt wanted his EPA cut, but maybe not as deep as President Trump is proposing. Might be worth the price to hear what he’s saying private about what the President wants to do with his agency budget. If the President’s able to get Congress to approve his move, the …
What They’re Saying about 31% Cut to EPA Budget
At least three Oklahoma congressmen agree with President Trump’s proposed cut of 31% to the Environmental Protection Agency budget. The proposal from the White House on Thursday could possibly lead to the layoff of an estimated 3,000 workers from the giant agency now headed by former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt. Sen. James Lankford said …
Inhofe Asked to Defend Massive Budget Cuts to EPA Monitoring of Oklahoma Earthquakes
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe found himself defending President Trump’s proposed 31% budget cuts to the EPA during a recent interview on CNN. Anchor Poppy Harlow questioned how the Senator could be comfortable with massive cuts that could affect the EPA’s monitoring of earthquakes in Oklahoma, quakes caused by wastewater injection wells. Senator Inhofe stumbled …