The government’s apparently reached a settlement over the cleanup of the massive mining operation that became a Superfund site west of Red River, New Mexico. The U.S. Department of Justice and the State of New Mexico filed a proposed $143 million settlement with Chevron Mining Inc. over the next step in the cleanup of Chevron’s …
Another lawsuit has been filed by Duncan residents alleging Halliburton Energy Services polluted their property through an old missile and rocket fuel removal, disposal and open burning operation years ago. More than 100 residents filed suit this week in Oklahoma City federal court (CV-00910-M) claiming the operation left their property damaged. Another suit against Halliburton …
The Climate Change war between Exxon Mobil Corp. and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey heated up this week in a Texas federal court where Healey asked a judge to throw out Exxon’s lawsuit. Healey contends the suit is a “transparent attempt at forum shopping” in the company’s fight against her climate change investigation. She …
The dollar amount wasn’t disclosed but Summit Utilities, a privately held holding company is becoming the new owner of the Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corporation. Summit operates natural gas distribution subsidiaries in Colorado, Missouri and Maine and will soon take over the serving of nearly 60,000 natural gas utility customers in Oklahoma and Arkansas, according to …
Gasoline prices have bounced back upward a few more cents in Oklahoma, raising the state’s average this week to $1.97 a gallon, an increase of four and a half cents over the past week, according to AAA Oklahoma. Lawton has the lowest average at $1.90, an increase of 4 cents over the last several days. …
Second thoughts about fracking and local control. It’s what the two Presidential candidates are having as Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton said she now supports a state Supreme Court ruling which prohibits local governments from banning the process. It comes after GOP nominee Donald Trump had told supporters he supports fracking but also believes local governments …
While consumers enjoy lower fuel prices associated with the energy downturn, cheap oil is to blame for the loss of nearly 200,000 jobs, according to a report issued on Thursday by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. Almost 95,000 jobs have been eliminated in 2016 by energy companies, according to the Chicago-based firm. Most …
As oil and gas revenues continue to tumble in Oklahoma, the state’s economic decline has now lasted 17 months, three months longer than the so-called Great Recession that ran from 2008 to 2010. State Treasurer Ken Miller says the 12-month collections since Feb. 2015 have fallen by $1.1 billion or 8.8 percent. He says during …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe is again at odds with the Obama White House. And yes, it involves climate change. This time, it’s in a difference of opinion with the White House Council on Environmental Quality and its final guidance on considering climate change in environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act. As chairman …
The Natural Resources Defense Council is out with a report showing which states are worst when it comes to carbon pollution in the U.S. No, Oklahoma is not one of them. But Texas, California, Florida, New York, Illinois and Ohio are. The Council’s report says seven states, California, Florida, New Jersey, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia …