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Clean Power Plan to be in Federal Appeals Court Next Week
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt will be paying close attention next week when a federal appeals court hears opening statements in the fight by the state and 27 others against the EPA’s Clean Power Plan. He is among those attorneys general who have sued the Environmental Protection Agency over the issue. Pruitt contends it infringes …
Oklahoma Highways Rank 17th in Condition and Cost Effectiveness
Drivers no doubt are saying you don’t need a national report to tell us how bad Oklahoma roads and highways are. Just ask truck drivers who haul oil and gas down the road. Or how about those truckers who tow those massive wind turbine blades to new wind farm sites. But a new annual report …
Fallin Blames Tough Legislative Session on Oil and Gas Downturn
The slumping economy in Oklahoma and the accompanying downturn in the oil and gas sector have obviously been a weighty concern for Gov. Mary Fallin, something she reflected on this week during a speech to the Enid Rotary club. “I know it hasn’t been an easy time for Enid,” stated the governor, according to a …
Energy Employment Losses Boost State’s Jobless Rate
As Oklahoma’s oil and gas industry added more workers to the list of the unemployed in August, it also resulted in a slight increase in the state’s overall unemployment rate, according to the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission. The Commission’s latest report shows the state’s jobless rate stands at 5.1 percent, up 0.1 of a percent …
The Politics of Oil, Presidential Candidates and Divorce
Under the headline “Clinton and Trump Used as Pawns in $1 Billion Divorce”, Vanity Fair is still writing about the messy divorce between billionaire oilman Harold Hamm and his ex-wife, Sue Ann Arnall. But now it’s exploring how Hamm’s a big Donald Trump supporter and Arnall is a supporter of Hillary Clinton. The magazine contends …
Hamm’s Divorce Fight Still Before the Courts
Billionaire oilman Harold Hamm’s ex-wife Sue Ann Amall has won a ruling from the State Court of Civil Appeals allowing part of her challenge of their 2014 divorce to move ahead. The court ruled in a fight between the two over the valuation of Jolette Oil LLC and Mineral Acquisitions LLC, firms whose assets were …
Senate Committee Says EPA and Army Corps ‘Are Running Rogue’
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe and other Republicans on the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee say the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers are out of control when it comes to the Waters of the US Rule. Inhofe chairs the committee and released a Majority Committee report detailing how the Environmental Protection …
L’Oreal Expanding its Solar Power Projects in Arkansas and Kentucky
Cosmetics maker L’Oreal USA says it’s building thousands of solar panels at its operations in Arkansas and Kentucky. The company calls it a move to help cut carbon emissions and also create two of the largest solar-powered projects in each state. At least 4,000 solar panels will be installed at the L’Oreal operation in North …
Group Says Pipelines are Still Safest Way to Move Oil and Gas
While Native Americans protest in North Dakota and environmentalists do the same in Oklahoma and other states with oil pipelines, a report from the Association of Oil Pipe Lines says they are still the safest way to move oil and gas across the country. David Murk, API Pipeline Manager says the report confirms the priority …
Houston Energy Company Hits it Big in Grady County
Three massive gas and oil wells have been reported in Oklahoma’s Grady County by the Houston, Texas energy firm, Vitruvian Li Woodford LLC. One of the wells had 18,555 Mcf of gas at its site located east of Rush Springsl The Anita Fowler also produced 377 barrels of oil a day. It had a …