The tiny Rio Grande silvery minnow became the focal point of a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday in New Mexico against the U.S. government. Environmental groups, led by WildEarth Guardians, accused the Bureau of Reclamation and the Fish and Wildlife Service of not doing enough to protect the minnow reported the Albuquerque Journal. Click here …
EPA quietly increases carbon cost calculation
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency hasn’t exactly been shining the spotlight on its nearly fourfold increase in the government calculation of damages from carbon emissions. The giant agency quietly increased the calculation from $51 per metric ton to $190 per metric ton reported Just the News. Click here for Just the News emissions to …
AARP Director in Kansas questions big spending plan of Evergy
As AARP Oklahoma Director Sean Voskuhl blasted Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners for allowing another rate hike to Oklahoma Natural Gas Company, his counterpart in Kansas was also critical of spending plans by the utility firm, Evergy. Writing an opinion piece this week, the Kansas AARP director Glenda DuBoise raised concerns about Evergy’s $1.2 billion, five-year capital …
Farm fight against rock quarry lands in Kansas court
Farmers in northeast Kansas joined forces with environmental groups in fighting rock quarries they say are polluting their waterways. It led to a legal fight in Pottawatomie County reported the Kansas City Star. Click here for Kansas City Star
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** The U.S. Justice Department has won a federal judge’s approval to carry out a rare intervention to improve the precarious water system in Mississippi’s capital city, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Wednesday, months after the system’s partial failure.** U.S. jet fuel consumption so far in 2022 has been consistently below 2019, although airline passenger counts …
Crude oil rose 3% on Wednesday and so did several OK energy stocks
Two factors played roles in Wednesday’s 3% gain for crude oil prices. One was the latest U.S. government information showing crude stockpiles had plummeted while export demand was at record levels. Secondly, traders apparently hedged their investments that there will be further easing of the COVID restrictions in China. U.S. inventories fell by 12.6 …
Oklahomans split in House vote to avoid national railway strike
The U.S. House passed a bill Wednesday to avoid a nationwide railway strike but with a split vote from Oklahoma’s Representatives. The resolution passed on a vote of 290-137 and Reps. Tom Cole and Frank Lucas were among the 79 Republicans who supported the measure. Reps. Stephanie Bice, Markwayne Mullin and Kevin Hern opposed …
Cushing hub continues slow decline of crude oil in storage
The Cushing oil hub in northern Oklahoma recorded another dip in the amount of crude oil in storage. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported Cushing held 24.3 million barrels of oil as of Nov. 25, down 400,000 barrels from the previous week. The total was also the lowest for the month of November, a …
AARP leader demands an end to utility rate hikes
AARP Oklahoma State Director Sean Voskuhl had a pointed question of Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners after they approved a nearly $20 million rate hike for Oklahoma Natural Gas Company. “When does it end?” he asked in anger after opposing the $19.6 million rate hike that was approved Tuesday. “The Corporation Commission approves a third …
EV charger availability study ranks Oklahoma in top half of states
While California has nearly a third of all of electric vehicle charging stations in the U.S., Vermont is the best state, based on the number of chargers per 100,000 residents. Oklahoma is among the nation’s top half of states with the best EV charger availabilities. CoPilot, a software firm recently released figures ranking Oklahoma …
