Attorney General heard complaints of anti-wind and solar farm groups

  The anti-wind and solar farm movement in Oklahoma along with growning opposition to electric transmission lines apparently resonated with Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond. He had been among state leaders that some of the groups formed to combat eminent domain for transmission lines and renewable energy farms had targeted to support their efforts. Drummond …

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Sen. Lankford says Trump is right—Biden’s rules created an energy emergency in the US

  Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford joined the Trump administration in recent days in taking to the Senate floor to reverse what he labeled as “harmful energy regulations” created by the Biden administration. He said the regulations put the U.S. in energy emergency and urged solutions to fix it. Lankford, Chair of the Senate Finance …

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Federal government layoffs hit National Weather Service

  President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, led by Elon Musk struck the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Thursday and Friday resulting in hundreds of layoffs at the National Weather Service, including some at the University of Oklahoma campus. In Oklahoma, considered to be right in the middle of “tornado alley,” the National Weather …

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New solar projects coming to Arkansas while EPA unlocks $200 million in green energy projects in the state

  Arkansas saw two major energy developments in the past week. One involved the Trump administration’s freeing of $200 million in green energy funds for the state while the second involved plans to build at least three renewable energy projects in Arkansas. Carbon solutions platform Clearloop of Nashville, Tennessee announced a deal with Microsft to …

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Legislative bills want to do more to abandoned well cleanup

  Some Oklahoma legislators want to make some changes to the state’s surety program for wells. Rep. Brad Boles of Marlow says it’s a plan to create for funding when wells are abandoned. Click here for KGOU Radio  

Energy briefs

** More than half of the jurors selected for Energy Transfer’s defamation trial against Greenpeace have ties to the fossil fuel industry or view pipeline protests negatively, signaling how difficult it was to seat a jury in oil country. ** Michigan utilities could be fined up to $10 million under a new order for failing …

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Zelenskyy and Trump argument sent crude prices crude oil prices down on Friday

    Crude prices fell Friday following the televised verbal argument between President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelinskyy and at the same time, Oklahoma energy stocks recorded gains. Putting pressure on traders and investors was the decision by Iran to resume oil exports out of the Kurdistan region. West Texas Intermediate finished down 59 cents …

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Trump’s removal of Chevron license to ship Venezuelan oil sent crude prices higher

  After hitting a two-month low on Wednesday, crude oil prices reversed course on Thursday after President trump revoked Chevron’s license to operate in Venezuela. Reuters reported the revocation means Chevron won’t be able to export Venezuelan crude oil.  And if Venezuelan oil company PDVSA exports the oil, U.S. refineries will not be able to …

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House votes to reverse Biden’s natural gas water heater restrictions

  The U.S. House voted Thursday in support of a resolution to reverse another Biden administration environmental move—the one to outlaw an entire product class of instantaneous natural gas water heaters. All five Oklahoma Representatives, Stephanie Bice, Josh Brecheen, Tom Cole, Kevin Hern and Frank Lucas, were among the 221 House members who voted for …

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Expand Energy’s merger led to big financial challenges

Following the acquisition and merger with Southwestern Energy of Houston, Oklahoma City’s Expand Energy confirmed some of its operations saw declines in productivity in the past year and it is faced with financial challenges. Cash provided by operating activities was $1.57 billion, $2.38 billion and $4.12 billion during the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 …

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