This is the week that executives of big oil go before a House Oversight Committee to face grilling whether they lied about their firms’ roles in climate change. House Democrats are intent to finding evidence of “disinformation” and seeing to what extent they might exact their pound of flesh from Exxon Mobil CEO and Chairman …
More Biden EPA nominees to get a Senate committee vote
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe and others on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will vote Wednesday on three more EPA nominees. In the 10 a.m. eastern time hearing, the senators will consider Biden’s nominations of Carlton Waterhouse to be Assistant Administrator of Land and Emergency Management at the Environmental Protection Agency; Amanda …
Enid fights multi-million dollar eminent domain fight over Kaw Lake pipeline
Enid city leaders might still be in a state of shock as they fight a more than $2.7 million eminent domain award in their efforts to build the Kaw Lake water pipeline. The Enid News and Eagle reports a possible jury trial is ahead for the city as it tries to reach a settlement …
Koch subsidiary joins solar network
A Kansas-based fossil fuel company known nationally for its conservative politics caught the attention of environmentalists recently in Minnesota. Flint Hills Resources, a subsidiary of Koch Industries—yes, that Koch Industries was accepted as a dues-paying member of Minnesota’s solar energy industry trade group. Flint Hills owns the Pine Bend Refinery near St. Paul and …
Evergy hopes to win approval of energy efficiency programs in Kansas
The giant utility Evergy plans to seek approval of Kansas regulators to extend its energy efficiency programs for customers that are already existent in Missouri. The Missouri Independent reports utility leaders are hopeful as they take their plans to the Kansas Corporation Commission. Click here for Missouri Independent.
Other energy stories and headlines
** Panasonic on Monday unveiled a new large prototype battery designed to help Tesla Inc lower electric vehicle (EV) production costs, in a move the Japanese company’s battery chief said would deepen business ties with its key U.S. customer. ** Toyota said Monday it is testing hydrogen combustion engines in race cars as it works toward using …
High natural gas prices won’t go away anytime soon
Customers of New Mexico Gas Co. are joining the crowd….being told they can expect high natural gas prices to remain that way through the winter. Executives of the company recently went before New Mexico regulators with the warning as the Santa Fe New Mexican reports. Click here for Santa Fe New Mexican
Colorado seen as national leader in methane emissions control
A report suggests that as U.S. environmental regulators create new rules to control methane emissions from oil and gas operations, whether it’s Oklahoma, Texas or North Dakota, they might take their cue from Colorado. Reuters reports the state’s considered a leader in methane regulations since adopting rules several years ago. Click here for Reuters. …
Support Biden or oil and gas? New Mexico’s Governor is paying the price
New Mexico’s Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham might find you can’t have it both ways when it comes to supporting President Biden’s anti-oil and gas policies and pretending to support the industry in her own state. Sinking approval ratings are an indication her re-election effort could face an uphill challenge as steep as the …
Oil and gas rig growth stalls in Oklahoma and US
The number of oil and gas rigs active in the field held mostly steady in the past week in Oklahoma and across the nation, apparently taking a breather as crude oil prices bounced back to $84 a barrel in the U.S. The national count, per reported by Baker Hughes Co. slipped by one to …
