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 …
In a move that could directly affect coal-fired power plants in Oklahoma, the Environmental Protection Agency this week finalized a rule on how coal ash is stored. How they might affect Oklahoma is yet to be determined. Just a few weeks after the EPA was roundly criticized by environmental groups for turning over coal-ash regulations …
Scott Pruitt isn’t the only one to pack his bags and leave the Environmental Protection Agency in the past week. Some of his aides apparently have followed the doctrine of “where you go, I go.” With the former Oklahoma Attorney General’s departure last week as EPA Administrator, some of his top assistants have departed too. …
