A stormy weekend in eastern Kansas resulted in a temporary shutdown of the Wolf Creek Nuclear Generating Station because strong winds knocked out several spans of a transmission line to Wichita. Evergy reported four to five spans on the 345-kilowatt transmission were knocked down by the strong winds during the Friday afternoon storm. The …
Construction is expected to begin in several weeks on what will be the largest solar farm in the state of Missouri. AES will build the 1,100-acre solar farm near Troy Mills and the Kirksville Regional Airport in northern Missouri. Some construction work will begin by mid-August, with it fully underway by late September to early …
A New Mexico rancher who sued to stop a solar energy company from crossing his private land to service solar farms on other land, lost his fight as the state Supreme Court ruled against him. The justices, in a unanimous opinion, ended the fight brought by the McFarland Land & Cattle Company near Tucumcari …
Heather Slayton, a member of the Kermit, Texas Volunteer Fire Department (KVFD), was recently recognized as a Devon Hometown Hero. The program highlights the dedication and expertise of emergency responders, including law enforcement officials, firefighters, EMTs, 911 dispatchers and city employees. “Heather is the best,” said Joseph Mixon, a local eighth-grader who nominated Slayton …
Two Democratic congressmen in Texas don’t have faith in their own Texas Railroad Commission to regulate underground carbon storage. In fact, Reps. Joaquin Castro and Lloyd Doggett admit they don’t trust regulators and said so in a letter to EPA Administrator Michael Regan. “The Railroad Commission of Texas can’t be trusted to uphold the …
** The company behind the Mountain Valley Pipeline asked the Supreme Court to intervene after a U.S. circuit court ordered a halt to construction on a segment. ** The White House was silent when asked by Fox News Digital whether it agrees with Special Presidential Envoy for Climate (SPEC) John Kerry’s recent comments lamenting the Ukraine war’s …
More records are being broken in Texas as the temperatures soar and demand for electricity grow n the latest lingering heat wave. Reuters reported ERCOT, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas stated the demand for power hit a record high for a second day in a row last Thursday. Click here for Reuters
New Mexico just received another $25 million in federal funding to clean up abandoned oil and gas wells in the state. The U.S. Department of Interior announced the funding as part of a total of $660 million in grants for the work in several states reported the Carlsbad Current-Argus. Click here for Carlsbad Current-Argus
Crude oil prices dropped more than a dollar a barrel in trading on Friday and Oklahoma energy stocks fell as well, some as much as 6% for the day. The dollar strengthened and oil traders booked profits according to Reuters. West Texas Intermediate crude fell $1.47 or 1.9% per barrel to $75.42 on the New …
Stop oil and gas production as some environmentalists and many in the Biden administration want? The following is a list of the products that the nation would lose…products that all Americans cannot do without. More than 6,000 manufactured items come from oil and gas. Stop all oil and gas production and you wouldn’t have …