** AT&T said it had struck a $1 billion multi-year deal with Corning to buy fiber, cable, and connectivity solutions, as the U.S. telecom giant looks to expand its high-speed internet services. ** Boeing reportedly dismantled its global diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) department as part of an overhaul of its operations ordered by the company’s …
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Energy briefs
** Heating and cooking with natural gas stoves is not associated with asthma in children or adults according to a major study published in The Lancet medical journal and funded by the World Health Organization (WHO). The study conducted an extensive meta-analysis and examined the health risks of cooking or heating with natural gas compared to …
Energy briefs
** Boeing on Monday launched a stock offering that could raise up to $19 billion as the planemaker looks to strengthen its finances squeezed by an over month-long strike by its workers and preserve its investment-grade credit rating. ** Campaign spending by ethanol producers related to a South Dakota carbon pipeline ballot measure far outweighs spending by …
Energy briefs
** Striking Boeing machinists rejected a proposed contract that would have ended a costly 41-day work stoppage. The machinists, represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), turned down a deal that includes a 35 percent wage increase over the next four years, a $7,000 ratification bonus and improved retirement offerings. ** Nearly 80 …
Colorado congresswoman blasts Biden-Harris over sage grouse
Even though she’s facing a tough re-election campaign, Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert is using her time in the U.S. House to continue attacks on the Biden-Harris administration. Her latest? Going after the government for plans to protect what she calls an “ugly” animinal in Colorado—the Gunnison sage-grouse, a bird designated as “threatened” under the …
Wyoming joins Oklahoma in disappointment over Supreme Court EPA decision
Wyoming, one of the states that joined Oklahoma in challenging the power plant rules of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, isn’t happy as well about a Supreme Court decision last week against the request for an emergency stay of the rules. In all, 24 states asked for the stay and because of the Supreme …
Energy briefs
** Nearly three weeks after a geyser shoy 100 feet into the air from a Reeves County, Texas oilfield, it is still gushing. The blowout is at an old well, once owned by a Kinder Morgan subsidiary. ** Labor advocates say training unionized oil and gas workers to plug orphaned oil and gas wells would help …
AG Drummond says “YES!” to Supreme Court decision to hear his appeal in federal overreach suit
A U.S. Supreme Court decision to consider Oklahoma’s litigation opposing the Biden-Harris Administration’s federal overreach in rejecting Oklahoma’s state implementation plan (SIP) for ozone emissions drew a big favorable reaction from State Attorney General Gentner Drummond. In March 2023, Drummond filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit against …
EPA and New Mexico oil/gas producer settle air quality complaint for $9.4M
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Justice announced a more than $9 million settlement with Hilcorp Energy Co. on Oct. 17 that resolved Clean Air Act and New Mexico Air Quality Control Act violations at the company’s oil and gas production operations in New Mexico. The case is the first of …
Energy briefs
** Alaska officials urge a court to dismiss youth advocates’ lawsuit alleging a state-sponsored proposed liquefied natural gas pipeline and export terminal would exacerbate climate change. ** Amazon.com Inc. and billionaire financier Ken Griffin are among the backers anchoring a $500 million investment in small nuclear reactors, a burgeoning technology heralded as the next era for …