By a narrow vote, a New Mexico legislative committee passed a bill this week to ban the use of fresh water in certain circumstances for oil and gas exploration. The oil and gas industry has already been encouraged to reduce its reliance on fresh water since the Produced Water Act of 2019. But the …
When the Obama administration created the Waters of the U.S. Rule, farm groups in Oklahoma put up a fight and eventually won as the Trump administration revoked the controversial measure. But now with Joe Biden in the White House, it might be brought back. POLITICO reported the Biden administration has started asking federal courts …
This is the story of how a mussel left government bureaucracy totally confused and also led to the filing of a bill in the Oklahoma legislature to re-establish the Red River Boundary Commission. Why re-establish the Commission? It’s a long story but one that bears to be told. It started in 2009 when the …
The Oklahoma Water Resources Board is reaching out to water well owners in the state as it begins research to determine the current groundwater availability of the Ogallala aquifer. The Board announced it is conducting research for an upcoming study on the aquifer which will provide a new groundwater flow model for both the …
Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe praised President Trump on Tuesday for signing S. 140, which reauthorizes the Coast Guard for 2018 and 2019. Inhofe authored Section 819 of S. 140, which directs the U.S. Coast Guard to create a plan to replace aging inland waterways and river tender vessels, which are responsible for maintaining the navigation …
U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-OK), chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), committee ranking member Tom Carper (D-DE) and Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee ranking member Ben Cardin (D-MD) released the following statements on President …
A fight over WOTUS, Waters of the United States, the controversial rule enacted by the Obama administration has entered federal court in Texas. As Ron Hays of the Oklahoma Farm Report indicated, farm groups are asking the court to come down against the 2015 rule that expanded the federal government’s control over private land nationally. …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe and others on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee plan a hearing this week to explore the protection of groundwater and the role of the governments. Entitled, “The Appropriate Rule of States and the Federal Government in Protecting Groundwater, the hearing will be held Wednesday beginning at 9 o’clock …
We hear so much about the partisan bickering in Washington but Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe and others showed this week that Democrats and Republicans can work together when they want. Inhofe joined Sens. John Boozman, Republican from Arkansas; Cory Booker, Democrat from New Jersey and Dianne Feinstein, Democrat from California in introducing legislation to …
By a vote of 6-1, the Oklahoma Water Resources Board voted Tuesday to grant a permit to Oklahoma City to transfer water from the Sardis Lake reservoir in southeastern Oklahoma, according to a report by The Oklahoman. The single vote against granting the permit came from a board member who resides in southeastern Oklahoma. OK …
