A lawsuit is making its way through the courts in Oklahoma over the death of a welder more than a year ago in Minco. Kristin Bonds, the widow of Joey Bonds, filed the suit after her husband was killed in a welding explosion reported The Oklahoman. Click here for The Oklahoman
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Former legislators want investigation of “disinformation” by two Corporation Commissioners
Three former members of the Oklahoma legislature asked the legislature this week to begin an investigation into what they called “disinformation’ on the part of two Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners and their approval of billions of dollars in winter securitization bonds. Former Reps. Porter H. Davis, Mike Reynolds and Mike Ritze made the request after …
New Mexico nuke waste dump opens new storage
Nuclear waste is once again being hauled to the nation’s only underground nuclear waste repository, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, New Mexico. The company announced this week that a newly mined deposal area opened and waste is being hauled from Tennessee reported the Associated Press. Click here for AP
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** The U.S. federal government on Saturday granted petroleum company Chevron a limited license to resume pumping oil in Venezuela, marking the potential first step in ending a years-long embargo of Venezuelan oil production by the United States. In a press release, the Treasury Department said it had authorized Chevron to resume “natural resource extraction operations.” ** The …
New Mexico Supreme Court asked to review electricity rate case
The Attorney General of New Mexico thinks the State Supreme Court was wrong in a recent ruling over the closure of the San Juan Generating Station in Farmington. As a result, the Supreme Court is being asked to reconsider its decision allowing Public Service Co. of New Mexico to delay issuing rate credits to …
Campbell’s Soup Company to acquire power from new Enel Green Power’s Oklahoma wind farm
A Western Oklahoma wind farm that should be completed and operational by the end of the year will provide power to Campbell Soup Company. Campbell and Enel North America announced Monday a 12-year virtual renewable power purchase agreement involving Enel’s Seven Cowboy wind project currently under construction in Washita and Kiowa Counties. The farm …
Demolished nuclear power plant in Vermont to be buried in Texas
Many Texans don’t like it but a nuclear power plant in Vermont that is being demolished will be hauled to Texas for burial. That includes millions of gallons of contaminated water along with the pieces that made up the Vermont Yankee power plant reported Bloomberg. Click here for Bloomberg
Oklahoma farmers hit hard by diesel fuel prices and shortage
Higher prices and less production of diesel fuel in the U.S. are hitting more than just truckers—Oklahoma farmers are feeling the direct impact. The Enid News and Eagle reported how one farmer has been affected. Click here for Enid News and Eagle
GHG emissions in Oklahoma follow national trends
A recent report from the Environmental Protection Agency showed greenhouse gas emissions in 2021 across the U.S. indicated a long-term decreasing trend since 2011 and Oklahoma saw the same kind of decline. But the agency also indicated emissions from large industrial sources were about 4% higher than 2020. The EPA said the increase reflected …
Oklahoma regulators to consider rate hike request by ONG
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners will meet this week to consider a request from Oklahoma Natural Gas Company that could see a nearly $2 a month increase in rates for the firm’s customers. Oklahoma Natural Gas filed an application in March for approval of its Performance Based Rate Change Plan calculation. The request seeks a base …