** A next-generation geothermal plant backed by Google has started sending carbon-free electricity to the grid in Nevada, where the tech company operates some of its massive data centers. On Tuesday, Google and geothermal developer Fervo Energy said that electrons began flowing from the first-of-a-kind facility earlier this month reported Canary Media. ** Electricity in Kentucky is about to …
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** Gasoline prices have fallen for 60 consecutive days — the longest streak of declines in more than a year — letting American drivers pass on savings at the pump to consumer retailers during the US economy’s all-important holiday season. ** The Biden administration on Tuesday auctioned off 35,000 acres (14,164 hectares) of land in Wyoming …
DEQ to hold two more Climate Pollution Reduction meetings this week
Two more meetings will be held this week by the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality regarding potential projects for the $3 million Climate Pollution Reduction Grant received earlier in the year. One will be held Tuesday, November 28 at 5:30 p.m. in the DEQ headquarters located at 707 N. Robinson Ave in downtown Oklahoma …
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** An oil spill believed to be caused by a pipeline rupture offLouisiana appears to rank among the 10 largest to affect American waters in 40 years of tracking. ** The United States is poised to extract more oil and gas than ever before in 2023, a year that is certain to be the hottest ever …
Lankford and others raise questions about Energy Department security transfer
(Jim Watson/Pool via AP) The sudden transfer of the man who led counterintelligence at the U.S. Energy Department following a critical report prompted Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford and others to raise questions to Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm. He and several other Republican Senators are raising alarm bells over the sudden transfer of Steven Black …
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** An estimated 1.1 million gallons of crude oil have spilled into the Gulf of Mexico since Nov. 16, with emergency officials scrambling for nearly a week to locate the source of the leak and determine whether an underwater pipeline had ruptured off the Louisiana coast. ** Occidental Petroleum Corp, W&T Offshore Inc and Talos …
Wynnewood Refining Company wins fight with EPA over renewable standards
The CVR Refinery at Wynnewood in southern Oklahoma is among a handful of small refineries that won an Appeals Court battle with the EPA over renewable fuel standard program obligations. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in favor of a group of sixsmall refineries that the Environmental Protection Agency had …
DEQ to launch series of meetings on how to spend $3 million in climate pollution reduction
The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality plans to launch a series of meetings focused on how to use Oklahoma’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant of $3 million funded by the Biden administration’s green efforts. Meetings will be held Tuesday, Nov. 28 in Oklahoma City and Thursday, Nov. 30 in Lawton. Other meetings will follow in …
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** A United Nations report warned Monday that the Earth is on track to warm up to 2.9 degrees this century, nearly double the UN’s 1.5 threshold. ** Alaska’s congressional delegation introduces legislation that would reverse the Biden administration’s oil and gas drilling ban on 13 million acres of Alaska’s North Slope. ** U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) …
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** The Hill reports many major U.S. corporations are lobbying against policies that would mitigate climate change despite having promised to cut their own emissions, according to a new report. A report from the group InfluenceMap found 58 percent of companies set concrete climate targets that were contradicted by their own lobbying. ** A federal judge …