** Maryland Gov. Wes Moore warned of a “very long road ahead” to recover from the loss of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge as the Biden administration approved $60 million in immediate federal aid after the deadly collapse. ** A Michigan facility will become the first shuttered nuclear plant in the country to resume energy generation, a …
Colorado Democrats fail in bid to stop new oil and gas drilling
Colorado’s legislative effort to ban all new oil and gas drilling after 2030 didn’t work. It’s failed in a Senate committee following a lengthy hearing. Senate Bill 159 would have required state oil and gas regulators to stop issuing new drilling permits starting in 2030, with those permits to be used by 2032. …
Transportation Commission to meet Monday
The bridge disaster that claimed six lives in Baltimore got the attention of Oklahoma Transportation Department leaders. Transportation Executive Director Tim Gatz will give an update on the state of Oklahoma bridges to the commission during a Monday meeting of the Transportation Commission. In recent years, the state has made strong improvements to bridges …
Monday weather forecast in Oklahoma includes severe weather
Ah, if it’s spring in Oklahoma, then there’s a chance of severe weather including funnels, twisters or tornadoes. The Oklahoma Mesonet’s Climatologist Gary McManus says Monday will bring a chance of severe storms across much of the state.. :Looks like we’ll see a classic springtime setup for Oklahoma, with a front and dryline, moisture return …
Court rules against temporary nuclear waste storage site near Carlsbad, New Mexico
The efforts of envrionmentalists and others opposed to a proposed temporary storage site in southeast New Mexico for spent nuclear reactor fuel resulted in a victory for them in federal court. The Fifth Circuit Court has vacated the license held by Holtec International, ruling that federal regulators didn’t have the authority to issue the …
Congresswoman Bice urges Oklahomans to be weather aware
Having grown up in Oklahoma, U.S. Rep. Stephanie Bice knows a thing or two about severe weather including tornadoes. In a message to her constituents, she wrote of “Being Weather Aware.” Below is her column. In our state, we live by the line, “If you don’t like the weather in Oklahoma, wait a minute …
Developer gambles his solar farm will survive Wyoming’s hail alley
A solar power company is planning to build a 1,200-acre solar farm right in the middle of Wyoming’s hail alley. Cowboy Energy LLC is behind the $155 million project and its efforts come as a hail storm destroyed a large solar farm near Houston, Texas. Cowboy Energy’s project also isn’t far from Scottsbluff, Nebraska …
Corporation Commissioner says OGE won’t be allowed to pass State Fair contribution to ratepayers
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Kim David came out expressing some reservations about OG&E’s huge donation that resulted in the naming of a new State Fair Arena in honor of the utility and vowed the contribution won’t be passed on to ratepayers. The State Fair Board announced the naming of the OG&E Coliseum that is being …
Crude oil prices hit high levels as OPEC+ continues production cuts
A dollar-a-barrel jump in crude oil prices on Thursday came aftr OPEC+ indicated it would continue with production cuts. But adding to the increase were continued attacks on Russia’s oil refineries and a drop in the U.S. rig count. It also led to gains for Oklahoma energy stocks. West Texas Intermediate crude, considered the …
Another solar farm destroyed by a hail storm—this time in Texas
For those who might recall how a 2023 hail storm in western Nebraska destroyed a Scottsbluff, Nebraska solar farm and its 14,000 solar panels, a similar event occurred earlier this month near Houston, Texas. BREAKING: Hail storm in Damon texas on 3/24/24 destroys 1,000’s of acres of solar farms. Who pays to fix this green …