Nearly $33 million in water improvement projects in Woodward and Stillwater were included in the recently passed Water Resources Development Act of 2024 by the U.S. House. Congressman Frank Lucas voted for the legislation that helped the two cities in his district. “At a time when our political system appears to be in …
Just a few days after an Oklahoma County District Judge ruled that Oklahoma’s anti-ESG law should be permanently enjoined from enforcement, the state supreme court was asked to dismiss an earlier state appeal of the judge’s temporary injunction. Attorney Collin Walke, who led the fight on behalf of state retiree Don Keenan in his …
After two weeks in Houston helping CenterPoint Energy struggle to restore power to millions of residents following Hurricane Beryl, more than 100 line crews and support staff from Oklahoma Gas and Electric are back home. OGE’s team of 105 workers returned to their Oklahoma and Arkansas homes over the weekend while the utility they …
NextEra Energy encountered another delay in its proposed controversial Solar farm project near Enid as Garfield County Commissioners voted this week to table six floodplain permits for the project. It was a unanimous decision as county commissioners heard complaints from residents who oppose the Skeleton Creek solar project. The project entails 5,000 acres …
Homebuilders in Kansas City are complaining that new energy rules have not only kept the housing market tight but also created roadblocks for more affordable housing. The rules were implemented last year by the Kansas City Council and required the installation of certain kinds of windows, insulation thickness and more efficient heating and air …
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Tribal Council has approved a measure opposing a hydropower project proposed by the Southeast Oklahoma Power Corp. The firm unveiled its plans earlier this year with intentions to divert water from the Kiamichi River in Pushmataha Couny to create electrical power for sites in Texas and not in Oklahoma. …
Cargill, the agriculture company, announced it’s donating $1 million to study cow flatulence—in other words, cow farts and how they’re affecting the environment. The Wichita, Kansas based company issued $1 million to Colorado State University to fund the school’s AgNext research program. It will support what Cargill called “cutting-edge research aimed at promoting sustainable …
** According to a report from WalletHub published on July 1, 2024, consumers in Wyoming pay an average of $1,591 annually for electricity. That’s more than four times the cost of electricity in the lowest-cost states. ** Occidental Petroleum, a Texas-based oil company, claims it will be net zero by 2040, but its methods are …
A $20,000 investment in residential solar panels for a Tahlequah family has turned into a nightmare. The family found out the hard way—the panels cannot be used to allow the family to get credits from the city of Tahlequah. KOTV in Tulsa reported the family of Jacquelynn Osborne thought the the solar panels on the …
Some experts at the Energy Department have carefully reviewed the number of electrical power outages in every state and what they found isn’t good news for the state of Texas. The analysis revealed Texas had more weather-related outages than any other state between 2000 and 2023. Furthermore, the experts blamed the record on the …
