So you think some of the controversial bills in the Oklahoma legislature including the so-called ROFR/NOFR measure are dead? Think again as this week Scott Mitchell and Jerry Bohnen explain why the term ‘dead for the session’ is untrue and which energy-related bills deemed lifeless in April will likely regenerate in May. Plus a …
** The chip powering the Mate 60 Pro phone of sanctioned Chinese company Huawei is not as advanced as American chips, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Sunday, arguing that it shows U.S. curbs on shipments to the telecoms equipment giant are working. ** In 2018, Akron-based FirstEnergy donated $2.5 million to a Republican Governors Association-affiliated …
** The Biden administration is restricting drilling on millions of acres of government-owned lands in Alaska — and taking the penultimate step toward blocking a mining access road in the same state. The administration announced Friday it would block off oil and gas drilling on 13 million acres in the Western Arctic that are part of an …
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s latest fight with the EPA focuses on the agency’s consideration of race in regulation of pollution. He is one of 23 attorneys general who signed on with a petition authored by Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody asking the EPA to stop including race as a consideration. Moody pointed …
** The Biden administration is reimposing sanctions on Venezuelan oil, it said Wednesday. The administration said it would renew sanctions that it temporarily lifted in October after Venezuela did not make sufficient progress toward a fair election. Companies will have 45 days to wind down their transactions with the nation’s oil and gas sector. ** The costs of enduring climate change …
** Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., called on Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm to resign Tuesday following a heated exchange over her past financial transactions. Hawley’s tense back-and-forth with Granholm came during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing held to review the Department of Energy’s (DOE) 2025 budget request. The Missouri Republican excoriated the energy secretary for violating the …
Oklahoma City reports recent tests show the city’s water surpasses recent new minimum EPA requirements for contamination by “forever chemicals.” In other words, the city’s water level of six PFAS compounds is better than what is required in the first-ever National Primary Drinking Water Regulation released last week. The new EPA regulation establishes limits on PFAS …
** The Biden administration is already facing a potential legal roadblock to newly finalized regulations cracking down on the chemical industry, which critics say will have a devastating impact on the economy. Synthetics manufacturer Denka Performance Elastomer (DPE) warned Tuesday that it is planning to sue the Environmental Protection Agency over the rules targeting hundreds of chemical plants over their …
Republicans, including Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas, piled on the Biden administration’s Securities and Exchange Commission Wednesday for its climate disclosure rule. Lucas and other members of the House Financial Services Committee spoke out against the rule during a hearing that featured Elad Roisman, Acting Chairman of the SEC and Robert Stebbins, General Counsel of …
** – Jamie Dimon said US delays of liquefied natural gas projects were done for political reasons to pacify those who believe oil and gas projects should simply be stopped — a position he calls “wrong” and “enormously naïve.” The head of JPMorgan Chase & Co. made the comments Monday in his annual shareholder letter, in …
