** During an internal town hall meeting last week, roughly 40,000 Chevron employees were shown a video touting the oil giant’s success in Colorado as the largest oil and gas producer in the state. Less than 30 minutes later, executives announced plans to cut up to 20% of the global workforce, reported Reuters. ** Experts say the …
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Legislator promotes moratorium on green energy projects
Rep. Jim Shaw, R-Chandler, has filed a series of bills that range from placing a moratorium on green energy projects to creating setbacks to recapturing tax subsidies from the industry. Another measure would ban the use of biosolids. “I told my constituents when running for office I would fight against the green energy insanity that …
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** Amazon seeks a regulatory exemption for its plan to add 250 diesel-powered emergency generators at a large planned Minnesota data center, drawing criticism from environmental groups and state officials. ** North Dakota lawmakers vote down six bills that sought to place restrictions on and eliminate tax exemptions for carbon pipeline developments. ** U-Line Corporation, a manufacturer of refrigeration …
Bill to amend Oklahoma’s Energy Discrimination Act to be considered by House Committee
A move to amend Oklahoma’s 3-year old Energy Discrimination Elimination Act, the one suspended last year by an Oklahoma County District judge’s order, goes before a state House committee on Wednesday. Rep. Nick Archer, Elk City, filed HB2043 which focuses on the contract payments that state agencies have with companies. The bill, if approved, would …
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** The Trump administration has approved a Texas port capable of shipping 1 million barrels of oil a day proposed by Sentinel Midstream LLC. The project, first proposed in 2019 and known as the Texas GulfLink Deepwater Port, had been awaiting a final authorization from the Transportation Department’s Maritime Administration. ** General Motors is closing a …
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** Iowa House lawmakers advance bills that would strengthen eminent domain protections, limit permit lengths and include more involvement of a consumer advocacy office in an effort to clamp down on carbon pipelines. ** The federal Bonneville Power Administration could lose up to 20% of its workforce to the Trump administration’s job cuts and hiring freeze, raising concerns about …
Sen. Lankford attacks Biden Administration in latest Federal Fumbles book
Elon Musk and Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford have something in common—-each is focused on eliminating government waste. Each is also highly critical of what the Biden administration’s green new energy plan did to the nation’s energy industry. Musk, of course, is in charge of DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency while Sen. Lankford …
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** EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced Wednesday that he’s found $20 billion in taxpayer money that the Biden administration “parked” at a financial institution — in an apparent effort to hide the dollars. “This scheme was the first of its kind in EPA history, and it was purposefully designed to obligate all of the money in …
One Oklahoma wind farm operator recorded hit in revenue
ALLETE, Inc., one of the wind farm operators in Oklahoma and based in Minnesota had some of the wind taken out of its sails as it reported a drop in 2024 earnings of $3.10 per share on net income of $179.3 million. The drop was attributed to its western Oklahoma wind farm operation. It …
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** President Donald Trump on Tuesday moved to revert to older standards for light bulbs as well as toilets, showers and other water-using appliances, a day after signing an order promoting plastic straws and rescinding a plan to reduce single-use plastics. ** US oil refiners along the Gulf Coast are snubbing shipments from Mexico and …