** The Biden administration is set to release a federal strategy this week to implement an ambitious plan to build 500,000 charging stations for electric vehicles across the country and ultimately transform the U.S. auto industry. ** California’s 26-year-old program to get more people to put solar panels on their homes has been wildly successful, but …
Restrictive solar farm regulations planned in eastern Kansas
NextEra Energy’s plans to create a 3,000 panel solar farm in eastern Kansas have run into opposition from residents and now from some county authorities. The Shawnee Mission Post reports that Johnson County Commissioners near Kansas City are in the process of perhaps creating some of the nation’s most restrictive solar farm regulations. Click …
Damaging winds forecast for Wednesday in Oklahoma
If the weather forecasters are accurate, Wednesday will not be the day to be working high atop an oil drilling rig or in a power line bucket. Winds up to 70 mph are in the forecast from the National Weather Service and driving a big-rig across I-40 in western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle …
Some congressional Democrats aren’t the environmental purists they portray
A report by Business Insider shows more than 20 Democrats in Congress hailed as environmental champions also have personal investments in fossil fuel companies. Some of the 22 Democrats have key roles in shaping energy policy while holding or trading shares of Exxon Mobil, Dominion Energy and Chevron. Click here for Business Insider.
Sustainability efforts growing at KCI
Southwest Airlines signals plans to create a “chief sustainability hub” at Kansas City International Airport, where it would test new emission-reduction technologies as airport officials pursue clean energy projects. As Flatland reports, it is part of the efforts of Kansas City to ramp up efforts to make sure the new $1.5 billion airport is among the …
Nebraska plans to decarbonize power sector by mid-century
Nebraska has become the only Republican-controlled state in the nation to plan to fully decarbonize its electricity sector by the middle of the country. The Nebraska Public Power District, the largest utility in the state voted last week to adopt a nonbinding decarbonization goal of net-zero emissions by 2050 according to Grist. Click here …
How the export boom in Texas will turn the US into the world’s largest
Despite the fossil-fuel killing efforts of the Biden administration, new oil and gas export terminals planned along the 400-mle stretch of the Texas Gulf Coast in the next decade promise to propel the U.S. into one of the largest oil and gas exporters in the world. Even surpassing nations like fossil fuel-rich Qatar according …
Phillips 66 announces 2022 capital program of nearly $2 billion
Phillips 66 announced its 2022 capital program of $1.9 billion. The plan includes $992 million for sustaining capital and $916 million for growth capital. Approximately 45% of growth capital supports lower-carbon opportunities. “The 2022 capital program demonstrates our commitment to disciplined capital allocation,” said Greg Garland, Chairman and CEO of Phillips 66. “Our plan …
Apex Energy and Weyerhaeuser make a deal
One of Oklahoma’s wind farm operators, Apex Clean Energy announced an agreement with Weyerhaeuser to develop 1,000 megawatts of solar and solar-plus-storage projects on Weyerhaeuser property in the southeastern part of the U.S. Weyerhaeuser has extensive lumber operations in southeast Oklahoma as well. The company has commercialized more than $10 billion of utility-scale clean energy …
Oklahoma regulators to hold special meeting on Monday
Oklahoma regulators posted notice of a special meeting on Monday, December 13. OKLAHOMA CORPORATION COMMISSION Notice of Public Meeting Special Meeting Notice is hereby given to all persons that the Oklahoma Corporation Commission shall meet and conduct business as follows: Time, Day and Date: 10:30 a.m. Monday, December 13, 2021 Place: Room 301, Jim Thorpe …