While President Biden effectively eliminated the Canada-to-US Keystone Xl pipeline, another oil and gas industry pipeline is in the works to carry carbon dioxide across Wyoming. But this one is a carbon-capture line. Supporters describe it as the largest such network approved in North America—that is, if it is developed and not opposed by …
One Oklahoma oil and gas leader, in an “I told you so” response predicted the actions taken by President Biden against the oil and gas industry won’t be the last. Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma President Brook Simmons said we can expect more. “This is just the start. It will get worse,” he said in …
Oklahoma City’s Devon Energy was one of those oil and gas companies hit by the latest energy attack of the new Biden administration. The administration temporarily suspended oil and gas permitting on federal lands and waters. The move was described as the latest Biden effort to fight climate change and target the fossil fuel …
Day two of the Biden administration and his moves to eliminate the Keystone XL pipeline and to rejoin the Paris Climate Accord might have sent the wrong signals to investors in Oklahoma energy stock. Many suffered losses for a second consecutive day with two notable exceptions. Chesapeake Energy Corporation saw a 34% gain as …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford joined the list Thursday of those critical of President Biden’s fast move to eliminate approval of the Keystone XL pipeline in the country. “Yesterday’s irrational denial of the Keystone XL permit damages our relationship with Canada and will lead to higher prices at the pump for consumers,” said the …
Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas is critical of President Biden’s move to rejoin the Paris Climate Change agreement, the one abandoned during the Trump presidency. In a statement Thursday, Rep. Lucas, the ranking Republican on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee said the Paris Agreement is not the way to address global greenhouse gas …
Under a bill filed in the Oklahoma legislature, EV operators will have to pay their fair share of taxes for the maintenance of state highways. The DRIVE Act, House Bill 2234 targets electric vehicle operators who don’t pay fuel taxes. It was filed by Bristow Republican Rep Kyle Hilbert and co-authored by State Reps. Brian …
The way Oklahoma Energy Secretary Ken Wagner views the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline by President Biden on his first day in office is it is a move that could help Oklahoma. It is also a move that won’t do much toward reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and could mean increased use of …
** Among President Biden’s 17 executive orders signed Wednesday was one directing the Interior Department to halt all action related to oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that the Trump administration sold earlier this month, and the agency must conduct a new study on the environmental impact of drilling in the refuge. …
Environmental activists in Nebraska who fought the Keystone XL pipeline are still celebrating after President Biden revoked approval of the controversial pipeline that would have terminated in the state. “I can’t stop laughing,” anti-pipeline pioneer Jane Kleeb said. “I always knew this day would come.” The Lincoln Journal Star interviewed Kleeb, who launched the …