Oklahoma City companies January Environmental Services and January Transport have agreed to pay a $1.9 million civil penalty to settle Oklahoma and U.S. Justice Department claims they violated federal environmental law. Investigations by the EPA and the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality led to claims the two firms transported and stored hazardous wastes without …
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Kansas excavating company hit with EPA cleanup order
A southeast Kansas excavating company is under EPA orders to clean up the huge pile of broken concrete it dumped into wetlands adjacent to a tributary of the Neosho River. Michael Skillman, owner of Victory Excavating in the Coffey County town of New Strawn was hit with the EPA order reported the Kansas Reflector. …
EPA’s top ten clean energy producers list includes University of Missouri
The University of Missouri was recently identified by the Environmental Protection Agency as one of the top ten clean energy producers in the country. The school ranked 10th nationally, ahead of big names such as Kohl’s, Aldi, and JP Morgan Chase according to a report by KRCG TV news. Click here for KRCG
Forever chemicals and EPA could awaken a sleeping Oklahoma
“A sleeping giant. Surprised at the lack of attention.” It’s how Oklahoma City energy lawyer Tim Sowecke of the Crowe & Dunlevy law firm described the impact on Oklahoma by the Environmental Protection Agency as it seeks to crack down on the use of those “forever” chemicals. He suggests what the EPA is proposing …
Other energy headlines
** While US gasoline prices have come down from the highs seen this summer, they’re clearly still weighing on President Joe Biden, who on Monday repeated demands for oil companies to charge less. ** VAALCO Energy, Inc. in Houston announced that the Government of Equatorial Guinea has approved the Venus – Block P Plan of Development …
Headlines of other energy stories
** Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg launched an $85 million campaign to block the planned construction of plastic and petrochemical plants across the U.S. on Wednesday, modeled on his decade-long effort to shutter coal plants. ** At least 154 Chinese scientists who worked on government-sponsored research at the U.S.’s foremost national security laboratory over the last …
Biden wants to bring back Obama EPA rules
Obama-era rules that arose from the deadly explosion and fire that tore through a fertilizer storage building in West, Texas in 2013 are in the process of being resurrected by the Biden administration. They were rules originally opposed by Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe and U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin following the disaster. More than …
Other headlines
** Despite the high cost of electric vehicles, President Biden this week attended the Detroit Auto Show and encouraged Americans to buy the vehicles. It was his latest anti-fossil fuel effort. ** While the White House still denies the existence of a recession in the U.S., the National Energy Assistance Directors Association reports that roughly 20 …
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** The Biden administration is considering replenishing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve when oil dips below $80 a barrel, just two years after Democrats blocked former President Donald Trump from filling the reserve at a fraction of that price. ** Investors got a rude awakening with Tuesday’s hotter-than-expected inflation numbers, and the decline in gas prices since June …
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** Sen. Bernie Sanders and environmental groups are threatening to derail oil and gas gains obtained by Sen. Joe Manchin in the President’s new climate law. There are growing chances Manchin might lose Democratic support for the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a natural gas line he supports. ** A federal judge orders the Biden administration to reinstate an …