The Tulsa World reports that a federal judge is about ready to hand down a ruling in the state’s lawsuit against poultry producers accused of pollution the Illinois River in eastern Oklahoma. But it’s taken the judge ten years to come up with whatever decision he will make. Ten years after final arguments in a …
U.S. land managers on Friday made public a list of possible alternatives for managing development in one of the nation’s oldest oil and gas basins, but environmentalists and others say the options fail to take into account the cumulative costs of increased drilling and threats to Native American cultural sites in northwestern New Mexico. …
CERAWeek organizers canceled the upcoming conference in Houston for the first time ever, citing concerns over the coronavirus outbreak, according to POLITICO’s Morning Energy Report. The spread of COVID-19 caused IHS arkit to cancel the conference — one of the biggest energy conferences in the world — for the first time in the event’s nearly 40-year history, …
** A judge has rejected a challenge by state environmental officials to rules issued by Delaware utility regulators regarding renewable energy requirements. The judge on Monday ruled that the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has no standing to challenge regulations issued by the Public Service Commission. ** After years of fighting their own policy battles, ethanol …
The city council in Oklahoma City will handle at least two environmental issues in its Tuesday meeting. One concerns pollution at the MAPS 3 convention center construction site while the other is about the American Burying Beetle. One focuses on environmental pollution discovered in the construction of a parking garage as part of the city’s …
The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality updated its list of lakes with consumption advisories for mercury. Ten Oklahoma lakes have been added since the last advisory was issued in 2017. Those lakes are: Bixhoma Frederick Holdenville Hominy Talawanda #1 Okemah Dripping Springs Okmulgee Sahoma Tom Steed Each of the above listed lakes has recommendations …
After fiery explosions shut down a chemical plant near Houston last year, the company that owns the facility is cutting about 100 jobs and plans to temporarily stop production at the site. The TPC Group Plant in Port Neches, Texas, will now be used as a transportation terminal and distribution center as it rebuilds the …
Phillips 66 has formed a 50/50 join venture with Trafigura Group Pte. Ltd to develop an offshore deepwater port project about 21 miles east of the entrance to the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas. Called the Bluewater Texas Terminal LLC, the port will be constructed by Phillips 66 and consist of up to two …
Evergy, Inc., the Kansas City and Topeka-based utility serving customers in Kansas and Missouri announced increased full-year 2019 earnings of $670 million or $2.79 a share….up from the $536 million and $2.50 a share reported for 2018. Fourth quarter 2019 earnings were $64 million or $0.28 a share,up considerably from the $19 million or $0.07 …
Some energy observers are speculating that what protesters and legal action have been unable to do in stopping development of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, perhaps the economic conditions will be able to do. Weak oil demand and cheap alternative sources mean pipeline developer TC Energy should consider putting construction plans on pause — …