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New Mexico gets another wind tower plant
While Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy came out of an economic “hibernation” this week with plans to reopen wind turbine plants in Hutchinson, Kansas and Fort Madison, Iowa, a Texas company announced plans to locate a wind-tower plant in New Mexico. Perhaps another sign of a resurgence in the wind industry. Arcosa Inc. announced its …
AG asks for investigative audit of Oklahoma Turnpike Authority
One thing is clear about Oklahoma’s new Attorney General Gentner Drummond—-he’s not wasting time focusing on trouble spots he thinks exist in Oklahoma government. On Wednesday, he announced he requested state Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd carry out an investigative audit of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, largely because of the swirling allegations around …
Gas station association leader supports legislation to fix “broken EV charging marketplace”
The head of the state gas association says a bill proposed in the Oklahoma legislature should be passed to ensure utilities don’t pass EV charger costs along to customers. Writing in The Oklahoman this week, Candace McGinnis, executive director of the Oklahoma Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association said the legislation by Sen. Chuck …
Nebraska landfill receives contaminated soil from Keystone Pipeline spill
Thousands of tons of contaminated soil from the Keystone Pipeline spill in northern Kansas are headed to a landfill in Nebraska. Waste Management will handle the transfer of 48,000 tons of soil to the Pheasant Point Landfill in Bennington, a city just north of Omaha and just 149 miles from where thousands of barrels …
Oklahoma hit by EPA’s “Good Neighbor” rule
Oklahoma and 22 other states fell under a final new EPA rule requiring industrial facilities and power plants to cut their smog-forming nitrogen oxide emissions. The “Good Neighbor” plan issued by the Environmental Protection Agency is expected to ensure Oklahoma and the other states curb NOx emissions that pollute across state lines and …
Energy briefs
** Ohio has filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern to make sure it pays for the cleanup and environmental damage caused by a fiery train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border last month. ** The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday finalized a rule to require industrial facilities and power plants in 23 states to …
Environmentalists sue to stop ConocoPhillips drilling in northern Alaska
Environmentalists went to court to stop the ConocoPhillips Willow drilling project in far north Alaska approved this week by the Biden administration. They filed a lawsuit after the Interior Department gave permission to the oil giant to drill for oil at three sites in the federally owned National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska’s western Arctic …
Kansas City Southern railway merger okayed
The Kansas City Southern Railway, the one that travels across eastern Oklahoma, is being allowed to merge with Canadian Pacific in a $31 billion deal. Considered the nation’s two smallest railways, the acquisition of KC Southern by Canadian Pacific was approved by the U.S. Surface Transportation Board according to the Associated Press. The merger …
Amtrak to study new route from East Coast to Dallas-Fort Worth
Amtrak, the company that brought us the Heartland Flyer in Oklahoma City, now wants to investigate the prospects of a rail line from the east coast along I-20 and into Dallas, Texas, one that if developed could mean more opportunities for travel by Heartland Flyer riders. The rail way firm announced it is partnering …
Fourth Ellis County well reported by Mewbourne Oil
Mewbourne Oil Company filed a completion report on still another northwest Oklahoma well. The Jim 25/24 Pa 1h is the fourth Ellis County well to be reported by the Texas oil company. Located at 25 19N 25W, a site about 3 miles southwest of Arnett, the well produced 665 barrels of oil a day and …