In Washington this week, Congress will not only return to work but a federal appeals court will hear challenges to the Biden administration’s efforts to curb tailpipe emissions. It could mean the cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia will end up before the U.S. Supreme Court. Three challenges were …
Oklahoma City is considered among the top ten cities in the nation with pro-growth policies, according to a new report. The “Free Cities Index” of the nation’s most 50 populous cities was released by the Free Cities Center at the nonpartisan, free-market think tank, the Pacific Research Institute. The five cities implementing the most pro-growth …
Two major airlines, Southwest Airlines and American Airlines, announced extended seasonal service to Florida from Oklahoma City, just in time for fall and winter breaks. “We’ve been targeting more non-stop service to Florida from OKC, and these additional non-stops to Orlando and Miami provide the service our market is looking for,” said Jeff Mulder, …
Representatives of the Pueblo Nation traveled to Washington this week as the U.S. House returned to work to lobby against a bill that would allow oil and gas drilling around the historic Greater Chaco Canyon in northern New Mexico. The 20 Pueblos are members of the All Pueblo Council of Governors. The council opposes …
Not only was the Suncor refinery in Commerce City, Colorado recently fined again by the EPA, but it was ordered to buy $600,000 in clean lawn equipment for metro-Denver counties with excess ozone. The fine totaled $161,000 for production of gasoline with too many pollutants in 2021. The announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency …
Boeing in Oklahoma is gaining more employees who are being relocated from operations in Long Beach, California. The workers were given the option of either moving to operations in Oklahoma, Texas, Florida and Georgia where additional staffing was needed or lose their jobs. A total of about 250 jobs are being filled following a …
Some school districts in Kansas have come out swinging against a plan by Evergy to increase its electric rates. The schools contend the increase will mean higher costs for them and could also result in larger class sizes. They claim it will result in the hiring of fewer teachers. Evergy is asking for a …
A decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, based on complaints from Southwestern Electric Power, Public Service Co. of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company as well as city utilities in Springfield and Kansas City, Missouri has raised strong objections from Kansas U.S. Sens. Roger Marshall and Jerry Moran. What angered them is FERC’s …
Oklahoma’s plan to create a “hydrogen hub” with Arkansas and Louisiana was endorsed recently by the Enid News & Eagle newspaper. Under the heading, “Hydrogen hub plan a good fit for Oklahoma,” the paper endorsed the efforts of state Energy Secretary Ken Wagner. Click here for Enid News & Eagle
** President Joe Biden said Sunday there were plenty of climate-denying “dog-faced pony soldiers” out there, but their numbers were dwindling as the world took serious steps to address the climate crisis. The president was in Vietnam after the Group of 20 summit in New Delhi, India. ** When the US Secretary of Energy and her team …