A sulfuric acid spill shut down a highway for several hours near Little Rock, Arkansas early Tuesday. The Arkansas Department of Emergency Management said 2,600 gallons of the acid spilled when an 18-wheeler was hit by another vehicle and the tanker broke apart on Highway 67 near the town of Austin located northeast of Little …
Oklahomans should learn next Friday whether U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, at the age of 85 will seek re-election or retire from the Senate. He told reporters this week in Washington, D.C. he plans to announce next Friday but didn’t indicate if he has already decided or is weighing what to do. Inhofe was first elected …
The fate of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline is now in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court which heard arguments Monday on whether it should be blocked from crossing the Appalachian Trail. The 600-mile natural gas project would begin in West Virginia and stretch through Virginia and North Carolina. But in December 2019, the 4th …
** Republican lawmakers Monday boycotted the Oregon Legislature, denying Democrats a quorum in an attempt to doom a contentious climate change bill. A legislative panel approved the bill after it rejected a proposed GOP amendment to put the issue on the ballot in November. Last year, Republicans, who are in the minority in both the Senate and …
The fourth quarter of 2019 saw a drop in earnings forAscent Resources Utica Holdings, LLC in Oklahoma City but its overall 2019 net income saw a huge turnaround compared to 2018. The company reported fourth quarter net income of $65 million and adjusted net income of $98 million compared to net income of $124 …
Oklahoma Gas and Electric is hoping to convince state regulators to approve a plan to raise rates on customers so improvements can be made to the utility’s aging transmission and distribution system. The company filed a request Monday with Corporation Commissioners for approval of a cost recovery mechanism of a proposed five-year improvement plan. OGE …
Oklahoma U.S. Reps. Frank Lucas and Kendra Horn will be among those in Congress this week exploring the issue of whether the National Flood Insurance Program should be reauthorized. Both sit on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee. Rep. Lucas, a Republican is the ranking minority member while Congresswoman Horn is on the Democratic …
Oklahoma Congressman Markwayne Mullin and others on a House subcommittee will hear from EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler this week to discuss the White House’s fiscal 2021 budget plan. Rep. Mullin, a Republican from eastern Oklahoma, is a member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change where Wheeler will testify on …
Not only did energy stocks across the board take a hit Monday as the coronavirus spread around the world, Oklahoma City’s Chesapeake Energy trading hit a record low on Wall Street. Chesapeake shares dropped 4% and hit an all-time low of 40.30 cents during mid-day trading. Crude oil futures dropped 4.6% to $50.95 while the …
Talk about a misleading headline—how’s this? “Fracking linked to increased sexually transmitted infections.” It’s what the headline read over an E & E story about increased rate of sexually transmitted diseases and a study by Yale University researchers. “Rates of two sexually transmitted infections are higher in Texas counties with heavy fracking activity compared …
