Enid city leaders recently held another groundbreaking in the city’s more than $300 million project to bring water 70 miles away from Kaw Lake to the city. The latest venture is a future water treatment plant that will take nearly two years of construction to finish. The treatment plant is intended as a final …
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Oklahoma leaders blast Build Back Better
When the Build Back Better bill lands in the U.S. Senate, its chances of approval are even narrower than those in the House. We know Oklahoma Sens. Jim Inhofe and James Lankford are strong critics of the massive social-spending bill that has been called “dangerous” and another step to a socialist form of government …
Environmental group says Denver power plants are racist in location
A textbook example of environmental racism. It’s how the Sierra Club describes power plants in Denver, Colorado. In a new report, the environmental group said that for decades, low-income communities of color in Denver were “disproportionately burdened by pollution from multiple sources, including highways that cut through neighborhoods, oil refineries and power plants that …
ONG’s $1.3 billion in storm costs to be reviewed by regulatory judge
A hearing over an agreement covering the more than $1.3 billion in February storm natural gas costs by Oklahoma Natural Gas begins Monday morning before an Administrative Law Judge at the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. The hearing will cover a proposed settlement of the case that focuses on ONG’s extreme purchase costs in the amount …
Crude oil hit 7-week low in Friday’s trading–energy stocks slid too
Another big drop in crude oil prices was recorded Friday as crude fell to a 7-week low in the markets. It also sent Oklahoma energy stocks tumbling for the day. West Texas Intermediate crude oil for December delivery fell $2.91 to $76.10 a barrel in trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. That amounted …
Oklahoma Reps condemn Build Back Better
While Democrats celebrated passage of President Biden’s Build Back Better Act approved Friday in the House, Oklahoma’s congressional delegation was condemning the measure with one Representative calling it dangerous. “At a time when energy costs are skyrocketing, it’s troubling that this bill rejects an all-of-the-above approach to energy research and instead focuses almost entirely on …
New EPA Regional administrators named
The Environmental Protection Agency announced the appointment of three new regional administrators. The Region 8 Regional Administrator will be KC Becker who will handle the implementation of the Biden administration’s environmental agenda in Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming and with 28 Tribal Nations. “With her background on critical climate change …
Continued poor highway ranking for Oklahoma
Despite the seemingly never-ending construction projects encountered by motorists on I-35 in Oklahoma, the state still ranks 36th in the nation in overall cost-effectiveness and condition according to the Annual Highway Report by Reason Foundation. This is a two-spot decline from the previous report, where Oklahoma ranked 34th. Oklahoma ranks in the bottom half of states in …
Hobbs firefighter named Devon hometown hero
Devon Energy’s Hometown Heroes program has honored a Hobbs, New Mexico firefighter. Lee Haines is one of two local first responders recently honored by the program that highlights the service and sacrifice provided by emergency responders, including law enforcement officials, firefighters, EMTs and city employees. “Lee’s resume as a firefighter, driver-engineer and paramedic is impressive, …
Tallgrass backs off Louisiana oil terminal plans
Kansas City-based Tallgrass pipeline operator is taking a second look at its $30 million land acquisition to build a new terminal at a site about 30 miles south of New Orleans. Purchased 3 years ago, the 600 acre site was meant to be where Tallgrass would build the Plaquemines Liquids HarbourTerminal, an operation capable …