** 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 …
Energy briefs
** 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 …
Energy sector loses more jobs, including Oklahoma
A new jobs report by the Energy Workforce & Technology Council suggests Oklahoma lost nearly 1,600 jobs in the energy services sector in the past few months. The decline of the jobs also reflected an overall downward adjustment of more than 7,300 positions compared to December 2024 across the nation. Based on preliminary data from …
Face of opposition to Cimarron Link transmission line in Oklahoma
Darren Blanchard started out just wanting to protect his small farm in Creek County not far from Tulsa. But he’s turned into the face and voice of the growing movement against the Cimarron Link transmission line that would stretch from the Oklahoma Panhandle and across his land. He’s been interviewed by Tulsa TV stations …
Energy briefs
** On Friday, 22 U.S. senators wrote a letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum warning him that the Trump administration’s effort to shrink the federal workforce could cripple the National Park Service (NPS) ahead of the busy summer season. ** Slowing US oil-production growth is casting a pall over projects intended to expand crude shipments to overseas markets, …
Mitchell talks energy with Jerry Bohnen—an energy challenge for President Trump
On today’s podcast of Scott Mitchell Talks Energy with Jerry Bohnen, they study the question of—Does the massive amount of new energy needed to power generative artificial intelligence over the next decade run counter to the campaign promises of the new administration in DC? We discuss the dilemma plus a breakdown of the steps …