While the use of asbestos has been limited in the past, the government is considering new uses for the material suspected of causing cancer and other diseases. The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed rules that could allow for new uses of the product that once was widely used in the construction of homes and office …
The U.S. Department of State recently published its Draft Environmental Assessment for the Keystone XL Pipeline Mainline Alternative Route in Nebraska and at least one coalition has expressed vehement opposition to the proposal. Bold Nebraska, a progressive grassroots political advocacy group, has numerous points of contention. The coalition asserts the plan minimizes the impact of …
The atmosphere of Andrew Wheeler as Acting EPA administrator compared to the days of Scott Pruitt being in charge of the giant agency are vastly different. And it was clear this week when Wheeler went before Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe and others on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Wheeler was previously a …
A southeast Colorado man who suffers a lung condition and sued the Environmental Protection Agency claiming it wrongly certified the state’s compliance with air quality standards has lost his case with the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver. Robert Ukeiley lives in Lamar where the winds blow nearly constantly and create dust storms …
Nominated by the Trump White House to run the EPA’s Superfund toxic cleanup program, attorney Peter C. Wright is drawing a lot of scrutiny. It’s because he once was the lawyer who called himself the “dioxin lawyer” for Dow Chemical headquartered in Midland, Michigan. It was March when President Trump nominated him to be …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe and others on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee are encouraging Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler against retroactively reallocating the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). “In recent weeks, media reports indicated that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considered a proposal to retroactively reallocate the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) compliance obligations …
A fight over blended fuels in Iowa will result in a company later acquired by NGL Energy Partners LP of Tulsa paying an estimated $35 million over a 12-month period to satisfy the Environmental Protection Agency. NGL has been fighting the EPA since 2016. The company acquired Gavilon Energy which was accused by the EPA …
Scott Pruitt is no longer head of the Environmental Protection Agency and he’s still targeted by environmentalists and left-leaning news organizations. The latest report contends he was “soft” on Oklahoma-based oil and gas companies while he ran the EPA and cracked down on firms in other states. The Sierra Club, the Environmental Integrity Project …
Farmers in Oklahoma and across the country are being given an exemption by the EPA from reporting emissions from animal waste and other pollutants. The Environmental Protection Agency made the announcement this week after EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler signed the final rule on Monday. It changes the most recent version of the FARM Act which …
More staffers are leaving the Environmental Protection Agency following the recent resignation of Scott Pruitt as Administrator of the agency. And the latest, according to national reports, were forced out by the White House because of their loyalty to Pruitt, the former Oklahoma Attorney General. In other words, they got the boot. The latest report …
