The protests led by Native Americans against the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota hasn’t been costly just to the owner of the pipeline. And records show many of the protesters are out-of-staters and a large number have criminal records. Now the Morton County Sheriff’s office estimates that it has cost the state and …
While most of the focus of the claimed Russian hacking has been on reported attempts to influence the U.S. Presidential election last year, slipping nearly unnoticed and under the headline was hacking attempts regarding energy….namely “fracking.” It’s buried deep in the recently-released declassified version of a report by the U.S. intelligence community. U.S. Sen. James Lankford …
As crude oil and natural gas production continues to rise, the United States could become a net energy exporter by 2026, according to a new report released Thursday by the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Moving forward to 2050, the outlook for the entire energy sector indicates a mass exodus in electricity from coal-fired power plants. …
Disposal well operators placed nearly 23 percent less saltwater into Oklahoma’s deepest geological formation within the Arbuckle formation in 2016 compared to the previous year, according to the Tulsa World. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission provided the year-end data reports about the earthquake zone. Commission spokesman Matt Skinner said the 2016 volume numbers are mostly complete, …
Federal ethics officials have cleared the way for Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to be confirmed by the Senate, according to an Associated Press report. The Office of Government Ethics released Pruitt’s personal financial disclosure report on Monday. Pruitt’s official Senate confirmation hearing date has not yet been set. The Environmental Protection Agency nominee’s four-page …
While U.S. Environmental Protection Agency nominee Scott Pruitt was in Capitol Hill last week to meet with senators, the Oklahoma Attorney General spoke briefly on his views of the relationship between the states and federal government related to environmental protection. “Our environmental statutes have a very important role for EPA and a very important role …
The Oklahoma Department of Commerce announced Wednesday that Tulsa-based oil and natural gas equipment manufacturer Summit ESP LLC has pledged to hire 148 new employees in exchange for $3.1 million in economic incentives under the Oklahoma Quality Jobs Program. Summit was one of four companies enrolled during December of 2016 under the program, which provides …
Another billionaire oilman with Oklahoma ties has two policy recommendations for the Trump administration concerning the country’s energy plan. As a recent guest columnist for The Dallas Morning News, energy investor T. Boone Pickens outlined two suggestions for President-elect Donald Trump and Rick Perry, Trump’s nominee for the cabinet position of Energy Secretary: Don’t screw …
The communities of Pawnee, Cushing and Stillwater will host earthquake forums on January 12-13 featuring environmental activist Erin Brockovich. Her life was the subject of a Hollywood motion picture in 2000 featuring Oscar winner, Julia Roberts. Brockovich continues to advocate on matters involving environmental issues. She appeared at an earthquake town hall meeting at UCO …
Two conservative-based groups are working the political arena to get Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt confirmed as the new director of the EPA. America Rising Squared came out Wednesday with a memo showing the regulatory overreach of the EPA in West Virginia, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota and Pennsylvania. Those happen to be where …