In recent testimony offered before U.S. House subcommittee members, including Oklahoma Rep. Markwayne Mullin, an executive of the Dakota Access Pipeline called demonstrators terrorists. Joey Mahmoud, executive vice president of Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners never used the term in his actual testimony but rather in his printed witness statement offered to the subcommittee of the …
A few weeks after President Trump gave the go-ahead for renewed efforts to build the Keystone XL Pipeline, developer TransCanada said it is seeking approval for a route through Nebraska. The pipeline would stretch from Canada through Montana, South Dakota and into Nebraska where it would connect to existing pipelines to carry oil south to …
EPA Nominee Scott Pruitt cleared his first hurdle on Thursday morning as the Senate voted 54-46 to advance his nomination, according to The Washington Times. Senator Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia joined Republicans in the vote. A final vote is expected on Friday. Pruitt’s confirmation has been a …
An Oklahoma County Court judge has found Attorney General and EPA Nominee Scott Pruitt in violation of the state’s Open Records Act. Judge Aletia Haynes Timmons ordered the Attorney General’s office to release more than 2,500 emails by Tuesday, February 21. The emails are the subject of a records request and subsequent lawsuit filed by …
Following an extraordinary press conference, President Donald Trump signed legislation on Thursday to halt a regulation blocking coal mining debris from being dumped into nearby streams, according to a statement issued by the White House’s Office of the Press Secretary. House Joint Resolution 38 blocks an overly burdensome stream protection rule from further harming the …
Two medical providers are teaming up to provide better health care in rural Oklahoma. OU Physicians, the state’s largest physicians group, and Xpress Wellness Urgent Care, an Oklahoma-based health care provider in rural Oklahoma, today announced a clinical affiliation agreement designed to enhance care across the state. Xpress Wellness provides walk-in treatment for non-life threatening …
Environmentalists are cheering about it. Others say it will hurt the region’s economy. They are reacting to the vote taken Monday by the owners of the Navajo Generating Station to close the largest coal plant west of the Mississippi River. In two years, the coal plant in northern Arizona will be shut down by The …
Disappointed but not surprised. It’s the reaction of an attorney for the Native American tribes and environmentalists fighting the Dakota Access Pipeline after a Federal judge denied their request for a restraining order. The ruling on Monday means Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners will be allowed to continue drilling to finish the $3.8 billion project. The …
Colorado and the county of Boulder could find itself in a court fight over a moratorium on oil and gas drilling. State Attorney General Cynthia Coffman last week demanded that Boulder drop its moratorium but the county refused to meet the deadline of Friday. It opens the door for the Republican Attorney General to move …
An unidentified Oklahoma state government agency is under investigation over a ransom-ware attack that locked its computers last year and agency leaders decided to pay the ransom. Word of the incident was revealed last week during a hearing of the House government Modernization Committee. Mark Gower, director of the Information technology Cyber Command testified during …