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Energy briefs
** Enbridge Inc. is devising plans to rapidly boost capacity on its US oil pipeline system if the incoming Trump administration succeeds in kicking off a drilling boom. Enbridge, which delivers about 5.8 million barrels of crude and liquids a day across North America, would focus on moving more oil out of the Rockies and …
Protesters stop McIntosh County wind farm
Canadian-based TransAlta reportedly has decided not to move ahead with development of its Canadian River wind farm project in McIntosh County after the project received growing opposition from legislators and landowners. “We have been informed today by TransAlta of their decision to cancel the Canadian Valley project,” said Reps. Tim Turner, R-Kinta and Neil …
Texas tops in wind and solar farm production
While some Oklahomans are fighting the growth of renewable energy projects in the state, Texas ranks as the state with the most development of wind and solar projects in the U.S. Information from the U.S. Energy Information Administration showed Texas not only has 42,000 megawatts of wind power, 22,000 megawatts of solar farms and …
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** The number of faults on the power grid near three of the major Los Angeles County fires skyrocketed in the hours before the blazes began, according to a company that monitors electrical activity. Bob Marshall, the chief executive of Whisker Labs, said in an interview with The Times that the areas near the Eaton, Palisades and Hurst …
How one national energy group reported on Oklahoma’s Stop the Green rally
This week’s “Stop the Green Energy Scam” rally at the Oklahoma State capitol caught the attention of at least one national environmental organization. HeatMap News, an organization focused on climate news and what it calls the “inside story of the race to fix the planet” highlighted the rally with the headline, “The Growing Push …
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** Blue states are preparing for a legal battle with the Trump administration over whether they will be allowed to continue to adopt California’s more stringent regulations on tailpipe emissions. (Stateline) ** U.S. Senate Democrats say Republicans are rushing to confirm former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as interior secretary without the necessary background checks and paperwork. ** The owner …
Stop the Green rally attendees have support from Trump
Those green energy opponents who attended a Stop the Green rally at the capitol in Oklahoma City certainly have an ally in President-elect Donald Trump. Even as they rallied Tuesday, Trump was vowing to oppose all new wind energy production once he takes office later in the month. Speaking to reporters, he said, “We’re …
Legislator vows a fight against “green energy” insanity
One of the legislators who addressed a Stop the Green rally held this week at the state capitol admitted he ran for the legislature because of what he called the “green energy” insanity. Rep. Jim Shaw of Chandler said an industrial wind project proposed near his home and property sparked his desire to enter …
Group says poll shows majority of Oklahomans oppose utility ROFR
A recent poll regarding proposed Oklahoma legislation that would increase incumbent utility control over the state’s electric power grid shows that voters continue to show very little support for the concept. Conducted by national polling firm TargetPoint Consulting during the period of December 2-7, 2024, the poll found that a supermajority of voters …