Governor Mary Fallin has named longtime meteorologist Dr. Kelvin Droegemeier to be her administration’s secretary of science and technology. His appointment to her Cabinet starts Monday. Droegemeier is vice president for research at the University of Oklahoma, a Regents’ professor of meteorology, the Weathernews chair emeritus and Teigen presidential professor at the university. He already …
Oklahoma City-based Blueknight Energy Partners, L.P. was recently recognized for its oil transportation safety achievements at the Oklahoma Trucking Association’s Annual Safety Awards banquet. The firm was named the 2016 Grand Champion Award recipient and also given the First Place Safety Award in the 1 to 5 million annual miles Petroleum Class. “This is a …
The Denver federal appeals court is telling the Trump administration to decide if it wants to defend an Obama-era fracking regulation. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gave a deadline of Wednesday for government lawyers to decide if they will continue the fight for the Interior Department’s hydraulic fracturing rule. A district court struck …
The latest report from the U.S. Drought Monitor shows the drought is growing quickly in some areas of Oklahoma. The most rapid growth has been seen in the Panhandle where parts of Cimarron and Texas counties where the extreme drought jumped from 0.18 last week to 3.17 percent this week. It also explains why one …
You left-lane drivers who won’t move over into the right lane of a 4-lane Interstate or highway are the reason why House Bill 2312 won approval in the Oklahoma House this week. Only two Representatives voted against the measure that would ban driving in the left left unless it was for the purpose of overtaking …
Durant State Rep. Dustin Roberts apparently thinks it is time drivers of electric cars paid their fair share for the wear and tear on Oklahoma roads and highways. His House Bill 1449 won approval in the State House this week on a vote of 51-44. It is a bill that would enforce up to …
Newly appointed Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter is making some key staff changes in his office following the departure of his predecessor Scott Pruitt, who was recently chosen to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Hunter announced Wednesday that Oklahoma Tax Commissioner Dawn Cash will serve as his First Assistant Attorney General. Cash is the …
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Environmental groups, Native Americans and the American Civil Liberties Union are calling two Oklahoma House bills “un-American” for targeting protesters similar to those who tried to block construction of the Dakota Access Oil pipeline in North Dakota. “They serve one purpose—-to chill those who might speak out in an act of free speech or an …
A federal judge in Washington issued a ruling this week that wasn’t well received by those protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg refused to temporarily stop construction of the final leg of the $3.8 billion pipeline that will carry oil from North Dakota to Illinois. Judge Boasberg …