The movement toward electric vehicles across the U.S. has produced what might be the nation’s first electric fire truck. It is in Madison, Wisconsin where the fire department unveiled its “revolutionary” electric fire engine this week. The Wisconsin State Journal reported the truck was manufactured by Appleton’s Pierce Manufacturing. Click here for Wisconsin Stater …
Biden to revise Trump’s water protection plan
Former President Trump’s rollback of WOSA, an Obama-era plan fought by farmers and ranchers in Oklahoma and other farming states will be reversed by President Biden and his EPA and Army Corps of Engineers. The Environmental Protection Agency and the Army made the announcement Wednesday saying they reviewed Trump’s Navigable Waters Protection Rule and …
Energy news in brief
** More natural gas pipelines have entered into service in recent months to carry gas from the Permian basin to Mexico, boosting U.S. gas exports to America’s neighbor to the south and reducing the wide discount at which gas traded at the Waha Hub in Texas. ** Lordstown Motors Corp. shares dropped 20% after the electric-vehicle company …
New Texas laws signed to overhaul state’s power grid
A pair of bills designed to improve the main power grid in Texas and also reform its operating agency were signed into law this week by Gov. Greg Abbott. The new laws were created after the disastrous and deadly winter storm that hit Oklahoma and Texas in February. The storm left more than 4,8 …
New use for corn results in $300 million plant in Iowa
Cargill Inc. announced this week plans to build a $300 million plant in Iowa to convert corn sugars into chemical replacements to use in manufacturing spandex and biodegradable plastics. The project will create a new use for corn and undoubtedly increased farming in Iowa, the state known for its corn production also used in …
OKC budget includes expansion of Atoka water line
Part of Oklahoma City’s new 2022 budget approved this week by the city council includes nearly $112 million toward construction of a second line to carry water from southeast Oklahoma’s Atoka Lake. The money is part of a $1.65 billion annual budget approved by the council on a 7-2 vote. The total Atoka pipeline …
Congressman questions legality of campaign contribution to Biden
Oklahoma Congressman Markwayne Mullin, a continuing critic of President Biden’s anti oil and gas moves suggests the President’s latest decision might be illegal. When asked by OK Energy Today for his reaction to the President’s acceptance of money from a Russia lobbyist and his decision not to continue with sanctions over the Nord Stream …
Broadband to be expanded in state budget
State legislators reached agreement this year to spend millions more on expanding broadband services in Oklahoma, giving wider communications opportunities for those in the rural areas of the state. The 2022 state budget includes $42 million in tax rebates for companies to expand broadband services in unserved or underserved areas of Oklahoma reported …
US crude prices settle above $70 a barrel
A day after crude oil prices dropped in trading both in the US and overseas, they managed an increase in Tuesday’s trading with US prices finally topping the $70 level. It came after US oil prices hit $70 a barrel on Sunday for the first time in nearly 3 years, underscoring the rebound since …
Lankford questions Colonial Pipeline CEO about cyber attack
The top executive of Colonial Pipeline told Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford and others on a Senate committee hearing that hackers who staged a cyber attack last month disrupting fuel supplies to the U.S. southeast were able to get into the system by stealing a single password. During the hearing by the Senate Homeland Security …