Questions are being raised about the ethics of State Rep. Justin Humphrey and his profiting from a proposed huge solar farm in southeast Oklahoma. The 5,000-acre solar project is proposed by Orested, a Denmark company. Click here for KOSU Radio
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Biden’s EPA hands out $156 million for low income solar power in New Mexico
Intent on supporting the growth of renewable energy sources, the Biden administration announced this week it was giving $156 million to the state of New Mexico to bring rooftop and community solar capacity and battery storage to more than 20,000 low income households. EPA Region 6 Deputy Regional Administrator Stacey Dwyer told those on …
Energy Department to create solar farm next to nuclear waste site in New Mexico
NextEra Energy, the firm known for wind farms, such as those it built in Oklahoma, is venturing into development of a renewable energy project right next to the government’s nuclear waste storage site in southern New Mexico. The U.S. Energy Department announced it teamed with NextEra Energy Resources to develop nearly 3 square miles …
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** Members of an Arizona tribe are trying to persuade a federal judge to extend a temporary ban on exploratory drilling for a lithium project near lands they have used for religious and cultural ceremonies for centuries. Leaders of the Hualapai Tribe and others are scheduled to testify in U.S. District Court before the judge who issued …
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** From heat protections for workers to restrictions on toxic chemicals, the Biden administration is set to leave several of the significant environmental and health protections it has floated unfinished. The fate of many of these regulations likely depends on the outcome of November’s election, as a Harris administration would probably continue them, while a Trump …
New solar power leader is Texas
Texas is now the nation’s leader in solar produced electricity. It passed California as the state with the most power-generating capacity from solar projects. Texas is now the nation’s leader in both wind and solar power. Click here for Axios
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** Boeing said it has reached a tentative agreement with a union representing more than 32,000 workers in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, in a deal that could help avert a possible crippling strike as early as Sept. 13. ** Cape Hatteras National Seashore officials expanded a beach closure this week as a precautionary measure against …
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**The union representing Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) staff called on the agency to allow temporary remote work after Legionella bacteria was found at multiple EPA facilities around the country. ** The University of California at Davis and Innovative Genomics Institute are working to engineer the stomachs of cattle so they don’t produce the potent planet-warming …
Government to fund billions for rural electric cooperatives
A rural electric cooperative in Wisconsin is set to receive $573 million in government funding as part of the Biden administration’s latest massive clean energy effort. The administration annoounced it will spend $7.3 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act to finance the projects for rural electric cooperatives across the nation where 42 million Americans …
Congressman Lucas pushes for better weather predictions
Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas says one of his latest efforts on Capitol Hill is all about improving weather forecasting. And he’s not referring to the kind of weather prediction in the Old Farmer’s Almanac. In a note to constituents, the Republican U.S. Representative referred to the the Weather Data Taxpayer Protection Act. He called …