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 …
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** 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 …
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** 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 …
Nebraska and Iowa sue over ethanol indecision by EPA
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 …
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** 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 …
Congresswoman says Biden administration continues to mishandle Ohio train derailment catastrophe
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 …
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** 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 …
Enviros upset how Colorado still depends heavily on coal for electrical power
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 …
Sen Mullin says WOTUS is nothing but “bureaucratic overregulation and red tape”
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin says he knows what he’s talking about in calling the EPA’s WOTUS rule “bureaucratic overregulation and red tape.” He experienced it as a small business owner and said the overregulation and red tape can threaten or even destroy a business. Writing in his latest “Mullin it Over” column, the …
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** The Department of Transportation Inspector General will investigate Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg’s use of government aircraft, a memo shows. DOT Principal Assistant Inspector General for Audits and Evaluations Charles Ward revealed the upcoming investigation in a memo to the assistant secretary for administration, reported Just the News. ** House Oversight Committee lawmakers launched an …