The 2015 Gold King Mine disaster in southern Colorado has led to the Navajo Nation filing a claim seeking more than $160 million from the federal government to pay for damages. The spill into the San Juan River dumped three million gallons of toxic sludge into waterways and led to environmental concerns in neighboring states. …
The U.S. Senate and House have reached a bipartisan deal to allow states to regulate coal ash disposal as part of the final Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act. Sen. Jim Inhofe, as chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee praised the deal as did others. “We’re pleased that the final WIIN package …
If Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford gets his way, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Renewable Fuel Standard program will be history. At a recent hearing of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal management, the Senator said it’s time Congress repealed the entire RFS program. “The ethanol Renewable Fuel Standard mandates …
While Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s among those reportedly being looked at to take over the Environmental Protection Agency in a Donald Trump administration, so is Kathleen Hartnett White, head of a conservative think tank. And she makes it clear that if she becomes the new EPA administrator, there’ll be some drastic changes. She not …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford will chair a Senate subcommittee hearing into the EPA’s latest Renewable Fuel Standards that have brought opposition from some in Congress, including U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe. The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management will holding the hearing Dec. 1 at 1:30 Oklahoma time …
A clean sweep at EPA. While Donald Trump has met with possible candidates to take over the leadership of the EPA, his transition team has also arrived at the offices of the Environmental Protection Agency. The agency’s transition director announced this week that “between now and Inauguration Day, the team will be meeting with EPA …
There is more indication that Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt was interviewed by Donald Trump this week not for a position in the Justice Department but as a possible head of the Environmental Protection Agency. He met with Trump on Monday in New York City, as did former Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Chairwoman Kathleen …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe says the latest announcement by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding its final Renewable Fuel Standards for 2017 shows “how broken the RFS is.” The chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee released a statement after the EPA’s announcement. “Though EPA has acknowledged the realities of the …
While Donald Trump has vowed to eliminate all of the President’s executive orders he believes are constitutional, it might not be as easy as he thinks. So reports Inside Climate News, an environment-friendly publication that suggests in a new fund-raising effort that the fossil fuel industry may top the list of Americans feeling most thankful …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe and 20 other U.S. Senators along with 67 U.S. House members have joined a lawsuit to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s implementation of WOTUS, the “Waters of the U.S. Rule.” Sen. Inhofe, as chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee led the filing of the amicus …
