For a company that is banned by the state of Oklahoma from doing investments with state pension plans over its ESG discrimination of the oil and gas industry, BlackRock Inc. sure makes it appear it is doing just the opposite. As we’ve reported this week, filings with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission revealed …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin used a Senate committee hearing this week to be critical of the Biden administration’s friendliness with anti-plastic activists in deciding the implementation of the Toxic Substances Control Act. It came as he questioned Dr. Feedhoff, who is the Assistant Administrator of the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention …
Another coup for EV manufacturer Canoo. The Oklahoma City EV maker announced the U.S. Postal Service will purchase six of the battery-electric Canoo vehicles and will take delivery of the right-hand drive versions of the LDV 190 sometime in the first quarter of this year. “Our mission is to make working vehicles for working …
It appears Congressman Frank Lucas has recovered with a run-in about six months ago with a bull that left him with a broken pelvis. The Republican Representative is known for his farming and ranching operation in western Oklahoma and is believed to be the only active such farmer in Congress. The Oklahoman reported this …
Oklahoma U.S. Sens. James Lankford and Markwayne Mullin were among 43 Senate Republicans and 77 House members who urged the Biden administration this week to dump its proposed fuel economy regulations, something referred to as a de facto electric vehicle mandate. In a letter to the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), …
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin launched another attack this week on the Biden administration—this time, over the White House’s broad interpretation of who can qualify for EV charging tax credits. Said Manchin, ” it spits in the face of rural America.” The Democrat Senator issued a statement accusing the White House of going against …
President Biden, under pressure from environmentalists, intervened this week in the permitting process for 17 large natural gas projects around the country and delayed a decision on a Louisiana liquefied natural gas export project that would have been the largest in the US. He told the Department of Energy to conduct more climate impact …
A major US aluminum smelter located in southeast Missouri is shutting down operations and blaming cold weather. Magnitude 7 runs the second-large smelter in the country and notified state officials it planned to curtail operations by the end of the month. “Due to abnormally cold weather, our operations have been severely impaired to the …
** U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday vetoed legislation aimed at reversing his administration’s waiver of “Buy America” requirements for government-funded electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, according to a senior U.S. official. ** More than 4,700 auto dealerships across the United States urged President Joe Biden in a letter Thursday to halt the Environmental Protection Agency’s efforts to enforce …
The board of directors of ONE Gas, Inc. increased the dividend for the first quarter 2024 by 1 cent per share to 66 cents per share, resulting in an annualized dividend of $2.64 per share. The dividend is payable March 8, 2024, to shareholders of record at the close of business Feb. 23, 2024. …