A 17-year old high school student in Tulsa is one of 40 students nationwide competing for a $250,000 first prize in an annual science and math contest sponsored by the Society for Science and the Public. Beau Taylor Bingham, a student at Cascia Hall Preparatory School is taking part in the Regeneron Science Talent Search. …
by Jerry Bohnen Why am I writing a death notice about a friend? Because had it not been for longtime journalist and broadcaster Mike McCarville, you wouldn’t be reading OK Energy Today. Mike died early Wednesday morning after a long fight with lung issues, the result of many years of smoking, a habit he …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe and Rep. Markwayne Mullin are getting support from the American Chemistry Council in their efforts to overturn a late-term Obama administration rule applying to storage of chemicals across the U.S. Inhofe and Mullin have each introduced resolutions fighting the Risk Management Program of the Environmental Protection Agency. The RMP, adopted …
Massive wildfires that burned tens of thousands of acres of land and destroyed some homes in northwestern Oklahoma resulted in an air quality health advisory issued Tuesday by the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality. The advisory indicated 8 counties in the northwest and the eastern edge of the Panhandle were affected by the smoke. The …
Gasoline prices are holding steady in Oklahoma over the past week according to the latest report from AAA Oklahoma. The State’s average of $2.12 is the same as one week ago and only one penny more than a month ago. The average in Tulsa is $2.08 a gallon, down one cent from last week …
The Oklahoma House of Representatives could vote this week on a bill eliminating the tax credits for the wind industry. Rep. Leslie Osborn (R-Mustang) calls it a reasonable thing to do. And she should know. She’s chairwoman of the House Appropriations and Budget Committee. As head of the committee, Osborn has dealt with all of …
Workers in one building at Chesapeake Energy’s Oklahoma City campus had quite a surprise in February when they found a 40-year old man living in the stairwell. A police report shows James Lloyd Blackmon, 40 was arrested on Feb. 21 after employees found he had “set up camp inside one of their buildings.” The report …
The Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee have finalized and announced the membership of the committee’s four subcommittees. Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe, former chairman of the full committee was named chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee. He also sits on the Clean Air and Nuclear Safety subcommittee …
Oklahoma doesn’t have one but Kansas is getting another bio-refinery. The $175 million plant being built by ethanol pioneer ICM is going up in Colwich, a small town at the northwest side of the city of Wichita. Called ICM Element, the plant will produce 70 million galls a year of ethanol. An estimated 50 permanent …
Consider this under the topic of “Not a bad job if you can get it.” A move is afoot to hire a new CEO at CSX, one of North America’s major railroads and give him a $200 million pay package. CSX doesn’t operate in Oklahoma. It’s mostly a rail system located in the eastern half …