Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell will take part in a Friday morning ceremony to dedicate a new urban green space in Bartlesville. The 11:30 a.m. groundbreaking ceremony will be for Tower Center at Unity Square. The urban green space was designed by Ambler Architects and will unite Frank Lloyd Wright’s historic Price Tower and the …
Since the investigation of Russian collusion by Special Counsel Robert Mueller took more than two years and at least $25 million in taxpayer’s money, we felt it was important to offer more comments from Oklahomans in Congress. Here’s the statement from Rep. Frank Lucas: Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) released the following statement regarding the completion …
A Kansas City power company that provides electrical power to 1.6 million customers in Kansas and Missouri has named a new member to its board of directors. Evergy, Inc. announced John Arthur Stall will join the board and also serve on its nuclear, operations and environmental oversight committee. He will also stand for election …
Major electric utilities in New Mexico have a deadline to meet a new law requiring them to get 100 percent of their power from carbon emission-free sources by 2045. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grishman signed the sweeping energy legislation into law last Friday saying the Energy Transition Act shows “states in fact can respond to the …
This 2015 file photo shows the Animas River shortly after the toxic spill at the Gold King Mine in Colorado, August 2015 | Photo courtesy of Riverhugger via Wikimedia Commons, St. George News Contractors for the Environmental Protection Agency who tried to avoid responsibility for the Gold King Mine Blowout that spilled …
Oklahoma already taxes oil and gas and wind power and now legislators want to tax sand and gravel. The Journal Record reports the effort by Rep. Justin Humphrey, a Republican from Lane in Atoka County won considerable support in the House and is now being considered by the State Senate. Here’s how the Record reported …
Worries about an economic slowdown combined with OPEC’s production cuts and U.S. sanctions on Iran and Venezuela prompted a slip in oil prices in early trading on Monday. Brent crude oil futures were down 36 cents at $66.67 per barrel while U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures dropped 29 cents at $58.75 per barrel. Both benchmarks …
The response of Oklahomans in the U.S. House and Senate to the report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller was no surprise. They suggested the report that cleared President Trump of any Russian collusion was expected and what they had been professing for the past two years. “The summary of the Mueller report Attorney General …
As Colorado’s Cimarex Energy Company and Cimarex Energy Company of Colorado fight a class action lawsuit over royalty payments, a Muskogee federal judge has refused to dismiss the suit. It’s a suit involving the use of natural gas as fuel gas. U.S. District Judge Steven P. Shreder of the Eastern District of Oklahoma denied …
The Oklahoma City energy firm spun off from Chesapeake Energy nearly 5 years ago has won a partial victory in a federal court lawsuit filed over its retirement and savings plan. Oklahoma City U.S. District Judge Timothy D. DeGiusti granted Seventy Seven Energy’s request to dismiss some of the claims made in a class-action lawsuit …