** U.S. efforts to break China’s dominance of the rare earths market and to drive investment in its own industry have moved up a gear with a Washington-backed plan to create a separate, higher pricing system. ** In a sign that range anxiety in electric cars could soon be a thing of the past, US …
Category: Solar Energy in Oklahoma
Complete Jerry Bohnen interview with Sen. James Lankford
Apologies are necessary regarding the interview of Sen. James Lankford we provided Monday in one of our stories about the One Big Beautiful Bill. For those who still want to view it, the following is the full and complete interview. Click here
Rep. Brecheen says green energy front is one of nation’s largest debt drivers
Oklahoma Congressman Josh Brecheen admits he was hesitant to recently vote in the House for the Senate-amended One Big Beautiful Bill because of the Senate changes regarding green energy projects from the Biden administration. But he said he remained committed to the principle of restoring fiscal sanity in Washington, D.C. “Specifically, the Senate …
Energy briefs
** The U.S. House Appropriations Committee releases proposed legislation that would slash funding for the Department of Energy’s office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy by 46% and shift money toward nuclear, critical minerals, and fossil fuels. ** Texas industry associations and energy experts say Trump’s budget bill is “pulling the rug out” from under …
OBBB—good or bad for Oklahoma?
In OK Energy Today’s recent interview with Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford, he not only stated how the state’s oil and gas industry saw an immediate impact from the President’s One Big Beautiful Bill, but also explained the wind and solar industries are not being punished. “There’s not an opposition to wind and …
5,000-acre solar farm okayed for upper Texas Panhandle
Another major solar farm in the region has been approved, this one 5,000 acres in size in the Texas Panhandle north of Amarillo. While Oklahomans are fighting a proposed 5,000 acre solar farm by NextEra Energy near the town of Porter, quick approval has come for one just south of the Oklahoma …
Energy briefs
** As the death toll from the Texas tragedy continues to rise, EPA administrator Lee Zeldin has fueled claims about weather manipulation and has tasked his agency to investigate them including such things as geoengineering and contrails. ** Bill Nye “The Science Guy” said that fossil fuel companies and U.S. Congress neglecting the climate crisis is …
Scott Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen—an interview with Sen. Lankford about the OBBB’s immediate impact on state energy
Scott Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen as they discussed what Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford revealed about President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill and its impact on Oklahoma’s energy industries. Lankford was interviewed by Bohnen about the OBBB. Read more
2Q results for NextEra Energy coming this month
NextEra Energy, the company fighting to win approval for a 5,000 acre solar farm in northeast Oklahoma, plans a release of its second-quarter earnings report later this month. The company, headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida, says it will report the results before the opening of the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, …
Sen. Lankford says Oklahoma’s oil and gas industry received immediate relief when OBBB became law
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford says the minute President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill into law last week, Oklahoma oil and gas exploration companies received immediate relief. In an interview with OK Energy Today, the Republican Senator explained the OBBB immediately eliminated a tax created by Democrats on oil and gas, the …
