The names of Oklahoma U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe and James Lankford are among the 50 Senate Republicans who recently urged the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers against updating their definition of waters protected under the Clean Water Act. The Senators want the two bodies to pause until the U.S. Supreme Court …
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Congressional Dems take aim again at Big Oil
House Democrats will try again this week to put big oil and gas on the global warming spotlight. Reps for Exxon, Chevron, Shell and BP refused to go along with the politically-driven effort by the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform led by Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney. They had declined invitations to testify …
Kansas expands EV charging stations on interstate and turnpike
More electric vehicle charging stations will be going up along Interstate 70 and the Kansas Turnpike. The Associated Press reports the state just awarded $2 million in grants to operators of travel centers along the two major highways. Click here for AP
Oklahoma ranked 9th in sending electricity to other states in 2020
The U.S. Energy Information Administration released figures this week that Pennsylvania sent more electricity to neighboring states in 2020 while Oklahoma was ranked ninth highest. While nearly 78 million megawatthours of electricity generated in Pennsylvania was delivered to neighboring states during the year, Oklahoma appeared to have distributed about 16 million megawatthours to its neighboring …
New CEO to take over at Tallgrass Energy
Tallgrass Energy, LP, the Kansas City-based oil and gas pipeline firm with more than 7,500 miles of operations in the Midwest down into Oklahoma, announced a change in company leadership. The firm’s Board of Directors named William R. Moler to Non-Executive Chairman of the Board effective July 1 of this year. Moler will be …
Wyoming legislators consider proposal to reimburse fossil fuel producers
Those Oklahoma oil and gas exploration companies involved in drilling operations in Wyoming might be paying attention to a new piece of legislation in the state. There, some lawmakers are supporting a proposal to provide a tax refund to fossil fuel productions to offset a potential federal mineral royalty rate hike. Click here for …
Kansas wind farms source of legislative debate
Efforts by a Kansas legislator to curb wind farm growth are drawing criticism from proponents who contend it will only hurt the state. It also shows the divisions that exist between those who want wind powered electricity and those who aren’t so eager to have it. Another example perhaps of “not in my backyard.” …
Plan to turn New Mexico into hydrogen hub reintroduced in legislature
New Mexico legislators are still battling over efforts to make their state a hub of “blue hydrogen” production. Conservation groups are upset that Democrat Rep. Patty Lundstrom of Gallup has reintroduced hydrogen hub legislation reported the Santa Fe New Mexican. Click here for Santa Fe New Mexican
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** The nation’s largest electric grid operator PJM Interconnection is so clogged with requests from energy developers seeking connections to its regional transmission network in the eastern United States that it is proposing a two-year pause on reviewing more than 1,200 energy projects, most of them solar power. ** The Biden administration is considering a Chevron …
Train crew rescues woman floating on Oklahoma’s Texoma Lake
A woman found stranded on an air mattress afloat Oklahoma’s Lake Texoma can thank a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train crew for her rescue late last week in southern Oklahoma. As NBC News reported, two crew members on the train spotted the woman floating on the lake and immediately notified authorities who found the …