An American Indian activist charged with inciting a riot during the protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline claims he will use a “necessity defense” in justifying his civil disobedience last year. Chase Iron Eyes will take his argument before a judge on Nov. 3 after pleading not guilty to inciting a riot and criminal …
Days after Oklahoma Congressmen Frank Lucas and Markwayne Mullin and 78 others in the House expressed concern about the safety of America’s pipelines, a new database was released by Energy Builders that tracks criminal attacks on the energy infrastructure. Called the Energy Infrastructure Incident Reporting Center, the project’s unveiling came after members of the House …
Oklahoma’s senior member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe, praised the committee approval of four nominees for positions at the Environmental Protection Agency and the nomination of Paul Trombino III to be Administrator for the Federal Highway Administration, according to a press release issued Wednesday. “I am pleased …
At least five people were hurt Wednesday morning when a Halliburton van overturned and crashed on a Canadian County road. Reports by News 9 indicated eight people were in the van when it crashed around 6:20 a.m. near 164th and Calumet Road. The vehicle rolled several times. At least one of the injured was flown …
Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos recently climbed atop a wind tower in west Texas to smash a bottle of champagne and christen the start of a wind farm that will provide power to his huge company. As the Dallas Morning News reported, Bezo launched the 253-megawatt Amazon Wind Farm Texas in Scurry County. His company has …
Republican candidate for Governor Gary Richardson is taking credit for a State supreme Court ruling this week that overturned the Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax Fee on electric vehicles. “I am the only candidate for Governor who even attempted to stop the tax increases and I’m not even an elected official like some of my opponents,” …
No sales price was announced but another big sale has been made of operations in the Permian Basin of West Texas. It is there that BP Energy Partners LLC has sold its Pinnacle Midstream LLC company, a midstream provider in the Delaware portion of the Permian Basin. The buyer is I Squared Capital, giving it …
Denver-based Whiting Petroleum Corporation has named a new President and CEO. Bradley J. Holly, formerly an Executive Vice President of U.S. Onshore Exploration and Production for Anadarko Petroleum Corporation was named this week to be Whiting’s new President effective Nov. 1, 2017. He will replace James Volker who, at the age of 70 is retiring …
Score a win for the Sierra Club as the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the electric vehicle registration fee is unconstitutional. The fee was passed in the last five days of the legislative session “The Sierra Club applauds the Oklahoma Supreme Court for striking down this biased and illegal tax on electric vehicles,” …
After a substitute measure enacting a $0.6 per gallon excise tax increase for gasoline and diesel fuel was approved Tuesday afternoon by the Oklahoma House Joint Committee on Appropriations and Budget, a local advocacy coalition dedicated to rebuilding the state’s transportation infrastructure praised the efforts of lawmakers regarding HB 1035X. “A longstanding component of the …