“Let us agree in the 21st century America, high-speed internet is not a luxury, it’s a necessity,” said Vice President Kamala Harris as she and President Biden on Monday launched a more than $42 billion plan to give every American household access to high-speed internet by 2030. It’s the funding of the Broadband program …
Last week was National Pollinator Week, and Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company (OG&E) teamed up with several community partners to promote the health and protection of pollinators like honeybees, butterflies and small birds in our communities. One OG&E sponsored initiative gives Oklahoma library card holders a chance to earn free tickets to the Oklahoma …
AAA projects 50.7 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home this Independence Day weekend*, setting a record for the holiday. It includes a nearly 4% increase in Oklahoma including a record number of air travelers. The share of air travelers in the overall holiday forecast this year is an impressive 8.2% …
Fort Worth oil and gas company operator Billy Marcum, Jr. will have 17 years in prison to think about what he did to land there. The 67-year old businessman, who pleaded guilty in December of last year to running a multi[-million dollar fraudulent scheme was sentenced last week. The judge also ordered him to …
Politics might be at play as Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach moves ahead with a market manipulation lawsuit against a natural gas provider from the 2021 Winter Storm Uri. At least that is suggested as he tries to hire a law firm to handle the lawsuit according to the Hutchinson News. Click here for …
The upstream oil and natural gas industry in Texas saw its highest job growth in May in at least 33 years according to a new report from the Texas Workforce Commission. The state added 6,900 jobs, a record amount, and brought the total job count in the industry to more than 200,000 for the …
With the July 4th holiday right around the corner, gasoline prices appear to be holding steady in Oklahoma as the statewide average this week was $3.18 per gallon. AAA Oklahoma said the average was only a cent higher than a week ago and 6 cents less than what the average was one month earlier. …
** BlackRock Inc. Chief Executive Larry Fink — the leader of the world’s largest asset manager — said he won’t use the term “ESG” going forward. Fink, who has advocated for factoring in climate risks when making decisions regarding investing strategies and corporate leadership, said during a conversation at the Aspen Ideas Festival that the term …
The U.S. Energy Information Administration issued a statement this week stating that “IF” temperatures spike this summer, there could be shortages of electricity. Well, that “IF’ is here as temperatures in Oklahoma will top the 100 degree mark while parts of Texas have experienced the heat spikes for the past two weeks. Here’s how …
Operations at a Wyoming coal mine that took a direct hit Friday night from a tornado are expected to resume Tuesday. Eight persons were injured and the tornado overturned rail cars and destroyed buildings reported the Cowboy State Daily. At least a dozen railcars were flipped off their tracks and other vehicles were tossed …