Dozens of Oklahomans supporting the Native American protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota joined others nationwide on Tuesday in staging their own protests. Oklahoma City protesters, fewer than 100, gathered at the SkyDance Bridge over Interstate 40. While nearly most of the $3.8 billion, 1,172-mile pipeline is complete, the Texas developer lacks only …
The American Automobile Association is out with its annual Thanksgiving traffic prediction that 48.7 million Americans will be going somewhere for the holiday. That includes about 615,000 Oklahomans who will travel 50 miles or more from home. The national prediction is a million more travelers or an increase of 1.9 percent over the 2015 travels. …
Houston-based ConocoPhillips says it’s selling its assets in northwestern New Mexico and southwestern Colorado. A spokeswoman for the company confirmed it will sell assets in the San Juan Basin over the coming two years. ConocoPhillips has operated in the Basin for more than half a century and is considered to be the largest operator in …
Oklahoma interstate motorists will begin to see new signage soon as part of the state’s effort to improve alternative fueling infrastructure, according to a press release issued Monday by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. On November 6, OK Energy Today reported the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration is designating 48 electric vehicle charging …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe’s pointing to yet another report that indicates hydraulic fracturing has not harmed drinking water resources in a Wyoming town. The report from the Wyoming Department of Environmental quality reviewed domestic water waters in Pavillion, Wyoming. “The report puts to rest the faulty work of the EPA that attempted to link …
Donald Trump has yet to take office and already environmentalists are using their fear of his administration to raise money in a fight against his policies. They’re predicting environmental disasters and calling him a fascist. Most of the name-calling is coming from the Sierra Club such as the email notice for a weekend rally held …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford indicates he’s discovered so much more wasteful federal spending that he has decided to issue a second “Federal Fumbles” government waste report. He plans to release it on Nov 28. “The American people have signaled a bold new direction for Washington with the election of President-elect Donald Trump,” said the …
Oklahoma’s wind industry withstood another attack on the credits it’s getting from the state during a Thursday meeting of the Incentive Evaluation Commission, the group that’s studying tax credits and recommending which ones should be shelved or reduced to help the state budget. State Senator Mike Mazzei, who is the outgoing Senate Finance Committee chairman said …
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has approved a lower rate increase than asked for by Public Service Company of Oklahoma. It came Thursday on a 2-1 vote to allow PSO a $14 million rate hike, far below the $130 million the company asked for when it filed a request in July 2015. Commissioners Bob Anthony and …
Either someone at Politico didn’t get the message or the political news publication is on target. As of Friday, it was still including the names of Oklahomans Mary Fallin and Harold Hamm as possible appointees along with that of U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine in a new Donald Trump administration. “The biggest game in town right now is …