Category: General

Packed Church for Aubrey McClendon’s Memorial Service

Hundreds were on hand this week for the funeral of Oklahoma energy leader Aubrey McClendon. Among those who spoke during the Monday morning services were Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett and former Gov. Frank Keating.
“I don’t think I ever walked away…

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FERC Upholds Rejection of EDF Renewable Energy in North Dakota

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission says a regional grid operator in North Dakota was legally right to remove a wind farm developed by an EDF Renewable Energy subsidiary from the power grid.
FERC stood behind the decision that Midcontinent …

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Biodiesel Scheme Nets Texas Man 10 Years in Prison

Ten years in federal prison and more than $87 million in restitution. It’s the punishment for a Texas man, Philip Joseph Rivkin, after he pleaded guilty to a massive biodiesel credits scheme in the federal renewable fuel program. He was also ordered t…

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Earthquake Bill Passes State House

A candidate for Oklahoma Corporation Commission is critical of a measure passed Monday by the State House of Representatives to clarify the Corporation Commisson’s authority to respond to emergencies such as earthquakes and wastewater disposal wells.

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New Earthquake Response Plan Laid Out by State

Not only is the Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s Oil and Gas Division targeting another 400 Arbuckle disposal wells for reduction in a new earthquake response plan for central Oklahoma, it is expanding an “area of interest” encompassing nearly 10,000 …

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Higher Gasoline Prices Continue to Hit Oklahoma

Oklahoma’s new statewide average gasoline price is up to $1.72 as of Monday while the nation’s gasoline average jumped six cents on the week to reach $1.81 a gallon, according to AAA Oklahoma and its weekly Fuel Gauge Report. The Oklahoma average is 8 …

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Murphy to Seek Re-Election at Corporation Commission

Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Dana Murphy says she is going to seek re-election to a second full term in office, telling supporters in a March 1 letter, “This journey has resulted in a very clear answer to pursue re-election.”
She wrote supporters…

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Texas Sues EPA for 24th Time in Obama Administration History

For a 24th time, the state of Texas has sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in a fight over the regulatory efforts of the Obama administration since 2009. This time, Texas filed suit over the Regional Haze State Implementation Plan or S…

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Senate Passes Pipeline Safety Bill—–US House has Yet to Act

While U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe and others on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee pressure the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration to finish proposing safety rules required under a 5-year old law, the senate’s given…

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Taxpayers Footing Cleanup at Old Boeing Plant in Wichita

It won’t be Boeing coughing up the millions to pay for pollution cleanup at one of its old aircraft plants in Wichita, Kansas. Instead, the U.S. government has agreed to pay Boeing $32.2 million in settlement of a lawsuit filed by Boeing as it sought t…

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