From Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak: Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak wants to alleviate concerns about six-month moratoriums on purchasing earthquake insurance. The concerns were raised after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in Pawnee on Sept. 3. A moratorium is a temporary suspension on issuing new earthquake insurance policies. “While touring earthquake damage in Pawnee, …
What Politico’s Morning Energy Report says about the water bill under consideration in the Senate. “ON-WRDA: The Senate’s water infrastructure bill is on track to pass this week after an overwhelming procedural vote Monday night to keep it moving along. The last issue to work out is a dredging dispute between Connecticut and New York …
Could the federal government’s handling of the protest by Native Americans of the $4 billion Dakota Access Pipeline be a sign of things to come in the remaining months of the Obama administration? Oklahomans are among those who joined other Indians in North Dakota in fighting the four-state pipeline that a federal judge initially refused to block …
The Oklahoma Energy Resources Board gets a passing grade from State Auditor and Inspector Gary Jones. “The Agency’s internal controls provided reasonable assurance that expenditures were accurately reported in the accounting records,” stated Jones in a recent audit covering July 1, 201 through June 30, 2015. “No exceptions were noted as a result of our …
Oklahoma gasoline prices dropped again in the past week, falling two more cents a gallon to reach a new state average of $2.04 a gallon, according to AAA Oklahoma. The organization reports that is nine cents below the average recorded at the end of August. “It’s interesting to note that gas prices in all Oklahoma …
The fight over the lesser prairie chicken might not be finished. A coalition of environmental groups has filed a petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service contending that the bird remains in danger of extinction. The filing came only four months after the federal government gave up a court fight to keep the bird …
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission’s Oil and Gas Division issued an advisory on Monday as new data from the Oklahoma Geological Survey and the United States Geological Survey revealed a newly discovered fault near the site of the 5.8 magnitude earthquake in Pawnee, Oklahoma on September 3, according to a report by News9.com. Based on the …
The Oklahoma Department of Transportation recently named Siv Sundaram as the agency’s Environmental Programs Division Engineer. In her new role, Sundaram will be responsible for integrating environmental considerations and regulatory requirements into ODOT’s transportation programs and operations. Sundaram was hired by ODOT in 1994 as a Professional Engineer where she worked in the Local Government …
An Oklahoma County probate judge approved a significant land sale in the estate of oil tycoon Aubrey McClendon on Friday. Judge Richard Kirby approved Texas-based Jones Energy, Inc.’s purchase agreement to acquire 18,000 acres primarily in southern Canadian and northern Grady counties for $136.5 million from the estate. Details of the sale were reported on …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe and 10 Republicans who sit on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee he chairs want EPA director Gina McCarthy to turn over information about EPA litigation and regulatory actions planned for the remainder of the Obama Administration. In a letter sent Wednesday, the Senators charged the EPA with “exposing …