The newly created town called Carlton Landing near Lake Eufaula has run into environmental issues with the State and now the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps has stopped building projects on public land at the town because the town’s water district pumped millions of gallons of water from its sewage lagoons onto Corp …
Attorney General Mike Hunter has filed expert witness testimony in Oklahoma Gas & Electric’s most recent rate case where he is asking regulators for a $32 million rate reduction for customers. In its filing last December, OG&E asked the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) for an annual rate increase of nearly $78 million. The company is …
The Dallas Fort Worth airport has become the largest airport in the world and the first in North America to become a carbon neutral airport. “Our initial goal was to reduce our CO2 emissions per passenger by 15 percent by 2020. We were able to achieve this goal two years ahead of schedule, and as …
The B-1B Lancer bombers should be flying in and out of Tinker Air Force base again after being grounded for the past month because of concerns over the plane’s ejection seats. The entire fleet had been grounded by Gen. Timothy Ray, who is commander of the Global Strike Command in late March. Concerns focused on …
The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling that struck down an 11-year old state law that capped damages on injury lawsuits got a bad response from the State Chamber of Commerce. “Judicial activism,” said one official. On the other hand, workers comp attorneys applauded the decision. Bob Burke, the Oklahoma City lawyer who helped write the state’s …
The case of an injured oilfield worker who lost an arm in an accident and saw his $6 million court judgment capped by a state law has led to the Supreme Court declaring the law unconstitutional. In a split decision, the court stated the 2011 law that put a $700,000 cap on noneconomic damages to …
It was a year ago this week that former Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Jim Bridenstine became the Administrator of NASA. It was a boyhood dream come true for the man who wants the U.S. to return to the moon then start planning for Mars. Bridenstine spent some time this week thinking of his first year on …
Scott Pruitt and the coal company that’s hired him to do lobbying work in Indiana appear to have run into more opposition on what they’re seeking in the legislature. The former EPA Administrator, who previously as Oklahoma Attorney General, was hired by Denver-based Hallador Energy Co. to fight the efforts of two utilities to close …
Amarillo’s Pantex Plant will be busy as ever as it gets ready to receive shipments of weapons-grade plutonium from South Carolina. The National Nuclear Security Administration confirmed that preparations have been underway for weeks at Pantex, the nation’s primary facility for assembly, dismantlement and maintenance of nuclear weapons. “These operations will involve the use of …
A quarterly dividend of 5 cents a common unit has been declared by Blueknight Energy Partners, L.P. in Oklahoma City. The company also said it would make a cash distribution of $0.17875 per unit on the Partnership’s preferred units. “The reduction of the common unit distribution to $0.04 per common unit is a key …