Boom or bust—that’s how State Climatologist Gary McManus with the Oklahoma Mesonet describes the recent rainfall…or lack of it in the state. After a weekend of heavy rainfall, at least in central Oklahoma, McManus described the past week as a “big bust” in northwest Oklahoma, the Panhandle, the southwest, south central and east central. …
Special collection event breaks historical records in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City’s annual special collection of old tires, computers, ammunition and medication turned out to be a record event. The 46th Storm Water Quality Special Collection Event was held April 1. Environmental Protection Superintendent Derek Johnson said, “This annual event is very popular with our residents and provides a convenient and responsible disposal option for …
AAA predicts 7% increase in Memorial Day holiday travel
AAA projects 42.3 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home this Memorial Day weekend*, a 7% increase over 2022. This year, 2.7 million more people will travel for the unofficial start of summer compared to last year, a sign of what’s to come in the months ahead. “This is expected to …
Study contends Wyoming is worst state for fatal truck crashes—Oklahoma is 20th
Based on data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a new study contends Wyoming is the most dangerous state for truckers in the nation. Oklahoma is ranked 20th according to transportation services Simplex. Wyoming proves to be the most dangerous state for truck drivers, with 33 of the state’s 174 fatal vehicle crashes …
Apex Clean Energy to develop energy storage sites in Texas
Apex Clean Energy, the company known in Oklahoma for its wind farm developments over the past several years, now plans to build two battery storage systems in Texas. The projects will add nearly 200 MG of energy to the state’s ERCOT grid by using the Centipede Platform and StackOS battery management system provided by …
Oil recovery finished at Keystone pipeline leak in Kansas
TC Energy says it has completed the recovery of the several thousand barrels of crude oil that leaked from the Keystone pipeline in northern Kansas. The Canadian Company issued a recent statement saying its work at the site of the Mill Creek spill near Washington, Kansas will continue into the third quarter, but the …
Researcher contends electric vehicles will only increase vehicle-related emissions
A researcher with the Manhattan Institute, Mark P. Mills, contends electric vehicles aren’t what the Biden administration and others claim about them being emission free…instead, he says they will only increase global vehicle-related emissions. What? It’s what he recently wrote, contending the federal government is pouring untold millions, maybe billions into an vehicles that …
Death of Tesla plant worker investigated
The 2021 death of a 57-year old worker on the Tesla construction site southeast of Austin was one of more than 1,300 construction deaths in the state of Texas in a 10-year period. An investigation by the Texas Observer found Texas did not report the death as required by Travis County as part of …
Biden to begin refilling nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve
At the same hearing where GOP leaders criticized Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Democrats for their “rush-to-green policies making energy unaffordable, Granholm announced the government will start refilling the drained Strategic Petroleum Reserve beginning as early as next month. It was during a recent U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing where Granholm explained …
Fast energy reads
** Politico will host its first-ever Energy Summit on Thursday. The event features conversations with Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, White House National Climate Adviser Ali Zaidi and Jigar Shah, director of the DOE’s Loan Programs Office. ** The nation’s coal-fired power plant fleet is projected to decline by more than half by 2050, according to the U.S. Energy …
