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Oklahoma and Tulsa get failing grades in newest State of the Air report from Lung Association
The American Lung Association’s annual “State of the Air” report for 2024 claims 39% of Americans still live in places with failing grades for unhealthy air conditions and that includes residents of Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Many might think the constant winds that sweep across the state would prevent much air pollution, but the …
Gov. Stitt joins other GOP state leaders telling Biden to lift his LNG freeze
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt was among 25 Republican Governors who wrote the White House this week asking the President to remove his freeze on permits for LNG export projects. “As governors, we are very concerned by the Biden Administration’s move to pause approvals of new liquified natural gas (LNG) export projects, especially after Iran’s …
Notary Public bill sent to Governor
Legislation penalizing notaries public who fail to identify the person signing the document has been sent to the governor’s desk. Rep. Lonnie Sims, R-Jenks, passed Senate Bill 556 through the Oklahoma House of Representatives Wednesday morning. If signed into law, any notarial officer who fails to make a good faith effort to identify the person …
Permanent daylight saving time bill sent to Oklahoma governor
(AP Photo/Charles Krupa, file) Gov. Kevin Stitt now has the decision to make whether Oklahoma should become a Daylight Saving Time state only. Senate Bill 1200 was approved this week in the State House. The measure’s author is Sen. Blake Cowboy Stephens, R-Tahlequah. “This legislation has come as a result of input from Oklahomans, lawmakers, …
Electricity prices dropped last year in Oklahoma
While utilities in Oklahoma are seeking rate hike approval from the Corporation Commission, a report by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce notes that the average price per kilowatt hour in Oklahoma actually dropped from 2022 to 2023. The decline in Oklahoma put the state among only 17 states that experienced lower electricity rates last …
Energy briefs
** The Biden administration on Thursday finalized a highly anticipated suite of rules to cut hazardous, planet-warming pollution generated by power plants in one of its most significant environment and climate actions to-date. The Environmental Protection Agency’s new rules will compel coal and new natural gas power plants to either cut or capture 90% of their climate pollution by 2032. ** The …
Tensions ease in the Middle East and crude oil prices dropped on Wednesday
With no major outbreak in fighting in the Middle East, investors seem less concerned about any impact on the flow of oil out of the region. As a result, prices fell in Wednesday’s trading. At the same time, crude inventories across the U.S. tumbled and it stopped a further fall in oil prices. West Texas …
Protective species delays Bartlesville bridge work until August
The city of Bartlesville struggles with delays on a more than $1 million bridge rehabilitation project after bats and mussels were discovered in the area a few months ago. It was reported in January when divers had to enter the Caney River to verify the existence of mussels which are protected and considered endangered. …
Crude stocks tumbled at Cushing Hub and the U.S.
Crude oil inventories across the U.S. and including at the Cushing Hub in Oklahoma fell over the past week. The U.S. stocks, according to to the U.S. Energy Information Administration fell more than 6 million barrels. The fall was from 460 million barrels reported on April 12 to 453.6 million barrels on April 19, …
Peter Zeihan on development of shale oil and why it can’t be so easily copied in other countries
Geopolitical strategist Peter Zeihan has been thinking about the development of shale oil and its success in the oil and gas industry in the U.S. He wondered whether it can be duplicated in other countries. In a commentary this week, Zeihan suggested it’s not so easy in other countries….it’s not a matter of “copy …
