A recently released report claimed that efforts by Oklahoma and 5 other states to prohibit their state governments from doing business with companies that discriminate against the oil and gas industry will actually harm those states. The study by EConsult Solutions Inc. (ESI) came up with its conclusion after reviewing in-depth the possible effects …
Will Oklahoma land another member on House Energy and Commerce?
Followers of Oklahoma’s energy industry might have to wait another few weeks to learn whether any of the state’s U.S. Representatives are named to important energy committees. That includes the important House Energy and Commerce Committee which included former Rep. Markwayne Mullin as a member until he was successful in succeeding former U.S. Sen. …
Corporation Commissioner’s first meeting could be eventful
If Oklahoma’s newest Corporation Commissioner Kim David thought she would have a honeymoon since being sworn in last week, her first meeting could prove her wrong. The Commissioner’s first public meeting will be Wednesday and the agenda includes some items in which Commissioner David might be pressured to decide just how public she thinks …
EPA backs off pollution crackdown in the Permian Basin
The recent giant sigh of relief heard throughout the Permian Basin might have come from Oklahoma energy firms and many others drilling in the nation’s largest shale basin. They feared the EPA would address high air pollution levels from the oil fields that make up the basin in West Texas and Southeast New Mexico. …
Crude oil prices take a dip on MLK Holiday
The stock market was closed on Monday because of the Martin Luther King Holiday but trading continued for crude oil. Crude prices fell as easing COVID restrictions in China resulted in higher hopes of an oil demand recovery around the globe. Global benchmark Brent crude for March delivery dropped $1.08 a barrel or 1.3% …
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** The U.S. Energy Department is loaning $700 million to a Nevada lithium mining operation becoming only the second in the U.S. to get support from the Biden administration. ** Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy outlined proposed legislation for Alaska to capitalize on carbon markets, seeking to diversify state revenues long heavily reliant on proceeds from oil. …
Critics of New Mexico’s oil and gas industry won’t turn down its revenue
The state of New Mexico received so much revenue from increased oil and gas drilling that the governor and legislators proposed a 12% spending increase in the state budget. While Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has been a proponent of renewable energy, she also has been quick to take advantage of the money brought in …
Oklahoma was ahead of the curve in gas stove bans
Nearly 3 years after Oklahoma recognized environmental attacks on the use of natural gas and adopted a law against natural gas bans, headlines are screaming headlines of how the Biden administration wants to adopt a nationwide ban of gas stoves. Consumer Product Safety Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. went public this month, calling gas stoves a …
Lucas was against weaponizing federal government against taxpayers
Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas maintains “our government should work for you, not against you.” It’s his explanation why he joined others in the House in recently passing H.R. 23- the Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act and H.Res. 12- Establishing a Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government as a select investigative subcommittee …
Is a clean environment a constitutional right?
New Mexico legislators are being asked to make a clean environment a constitutional right. Two lawmakers filed a resolution to put the issue to a vote of the people in November reported the Albuquerque Journal. “If there’s a state action that fails to take the air, land and water into account, then a citizen …
