A few weeks after it was disclosed that some of t he toxic waste from the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio was being shipped to Texas, it raised the prospect that perhaps it was traveling through Oklahoma. Since then, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt revealed Sunday he blocked a shipment of the waste that …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin was critical of the Biden administration’s response to the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. “The mixed messaging from this administration in the days and weeks after this tragedy has only added fuel to the fire. Actions have consequences,” he declared during a recent hearing by the …
When the U.S. House voted recently to overturn the Biden administration’s expanded WOTUS rule, all five members from Oklahoma voted to fight the President’s latest environmental move. Reps. Bice, Brecheen, Cole, Hern and Lucas were among the 227 who voted to overturn the rule they contend is an example of the President’s environmental overreach …
** Senator Joe Manchin (D., W.V.), chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, announced Friday that he would reject yet another Biden nominee, arguing that the administration is pandering to climate radicals. The move came after Manchin sank the nomination of Gigi Sohn to the Federal Communications Commission earlier this week. ** Al Gore has warned it …
** President Biden unveiled his proposed budget for fiscal year 2024 on Thursday, which in part took aim at billions of dollars of tax subsidies the White House said benefit the fossil fuel industry. According to the White House, the proposed budget would strip $31 billion worth of “special tax treatment” for oil and gas company investments in addition to …
The government can’t reach a decision soon enough for the Republican Attorneys General in Nebraska and Iowa regarding year-round sales of higher-ethanol fuel blends. So Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and Nebraska AG Mike Hilgers announced they intend to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for delaying the decision. It was nearly a year ago …
** John Kerry, the Biden administration’s special presidential envoy for climate, believes climate change is a “war” threatening to unleash global catastrophe. To fight it, he told the audience of a Monday CERAWeek session, the U.S will need to rapidly deploy new technology, with the help of Houston’s energy industry. ** U.S. natural gas futures rose about …
To put it mildly, Oklahoma Congresswoman Stephanie Bice says she is “deeply disappointed” in the Biden administration’s reaction to the train derailment and subsequent chemical disaster at East Palestine, Ohio. Her criticisms came even as a second Norfolk Southern train derailed in Ohio on Saturday. The derailment of 20 cars of a 212-car train …
** Democrats’ witness at a House Natural Resources Committee hearing Tuesday blasted supporters of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) last year for “permitting a climate apocalypse.” John Beard, Jr., the founder and president of the Texas-based Port Arthur Community Action Network, particularly criticized the IRA for several provisions that open up millions of acres of federal land and …
New information from the federal government left Colorado environmentalists in a frenzy. It shows their state is not keeping pace with neighboring states toward a renewable energy economy and allowing coal to be its remaining dominant source of electricity generation. The conclusion by the Center for Biological Diversity was based on data from the …
