Already in the middle of a legal battle over Oklahoma’s failure to release public documents about the Tar Creek Superfund site, the Washington, D.C.-based Campaign for Accountability has gone to federal court against the EPA to force it to release the records. The suit stems from the state’s refusal, first by former Attorney General Scott …
Count U.S. Sen. James Lankford as a supporter of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt who faces a barrage of criticism and calls for firing or resignation in the midst of growing scandals about travel expenses, pay raises for aides and who he rented a condo from in Washington, D.C. As OK Energy Today reported earlier, Sen. …
Oklahoma’s latest earthquakes rumbled early Saturday morning as snow fell in the state. A 4.6 magnitude quake with an epicenter just west of Perry hit at 7:16 a.m. and was strong enough to be felt in Wichita, Kansas and even up to Hutchinson, Kansas and as far south as Norman. The U.S. Geological Survey indicated …
News accounts now suggest Scott Pruitt didn’t know what he was talking about in claiming there was no conflict of interest when he rented a room from Washington D.C. lobbyist J. Steven Hart. As the Daily Beast reported, Pruitt got it wrong in recently telling Fox News, “Mr. Hart has no clients who have business …
Tulsa’s WPX Energy plans to release its first-quarter 2018 earnings report on May 3. The company will hold a webcast beginning at 9 a.m. Oklahoma time on that Thursday as Chief Executive Officer Rick Muncrief, Chief Operating Officer Clay Gaspar and Chief Financial Officer Kevin Vann discuss the company’s performance. Active in the Williston and …
First quarter 2018 results for ConocoPhillips will be released April 26. The company will make known its revenue earnings to shareholders at 11 a.m. central time with a conference call. The actual financial and operating results will be released before the opening of the market on April 26. The company, with its big operations in …
The man known nationwide as a “corporate raider,” Carl Icahn makes it clear, he wants control of Oklahoma City-based SandRidge Energy Inc. After putting pressure on the company’s board late last year convincing it to pull out of a $746 million merger with Denver-based Bonanza Creek Energy, Icahn made it clear he intended to nominate …
The attacks on EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt just aren’t letting up as one of the latest involves who should have paid for a broken door. The door in question, according to ABC News, is in the $50-a-night condo he once rented from an energy lobbyist in Washington D.C. And the door has the attention of …
While the number of critics of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt are growing, one man who remains a loyal supporter is his longtime friend and ally, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe. ““Since being sworn in, Administrator Pruitt has been instrumental in carrying out President Trump’s deregulatory agenda at the EPA—ending the war on fossil fuels, repealing WOTUS, …
Scott Pruitt’s problems are mounting at the EPA, the giant agency he’s run ever since President Trump appointed him Administrator last year. The latest report indicates one of his longtime supporters at the Environmental Protection Agency has resigned over the growing ethical allegations leveled against the former Oklahoma Attorney General. On Thursday, it was revealed …