Another move is being made in the state legislature to sell the Grand River Dam Authority. The charge is led by Sen. Greg Treat, R-Edmond and Rep. Leslie Osborn, R-Mustang. And some believe because of the committee positions held by Treat and Osborn, such a sale might stand a chance of winning legislative approval. Senator …
The year has proven to be one with the most civil penalties ever leveled in the 50-year history of the Federal Railroad Administration, breaking even last year’s record-breaking rate. The agency says it expects to collect 79 percent of the $15.75 million in civil penalties it issued to railroads, hazardous materials shippers and others …
As he nears the end of his freshman term in the U.S. House, U.S. 5th District Rep. Steve Russell is expressing concerns about the state of things in this nation, but at the same time optimistic about the reforms he’s bringing about through his Waste Watch reports on government spending. Interviewed recently by C-Span’s …
More earthquakes have been recorded in northern Oklahoma. The strongest in the past few days was 3.5 magnitude and happened last Friday night near Pawnee. The U.S. Geological Survey says it happened at 10:08 p.m., just 9 hours after an earlier 3.5 magnitude quake was recorded near Mooreland. The small northern city of …
While environmentalists and some Democrats continue attacking Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as Donald Trump’s choice to be the new Director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, one recent story highlighted Pruitt’s efforts to assist the EPA. Pat Rizzuto at Bloomberg News wrote how Pruitt actually backed the EPA in strengthening a chemical law during …
A 14-year class action lawsuit against Halliburton might be about to come to an end soon in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Halliburton says it has reached an agreement to settle the Erica P. John Fund lawsuit and will fund nearly $54 million of the $100 million settlement fund …
The Oklahoma Sierra Club’s taken its fight with the Oklahoma Corporation Commission and a decision allowing OGE to install coal scrubbers at the utility’s Sooner generating plant to the State Supreme Court. In a recent filing, the Club challenged the decision made last April to let the utility move ahead with the $500 million project. …
He didn’t find any wasteful spending directly related to energy, but Oklahoma Congressman Steve Russell’s Christmas Edition of Waste Watch reveals plenty of startling example of how federal money is going down the drain. But in the area of transportation, the Republican Representative cited the case of the National Institutes of Health spending nearly $50,000 …
Figures from the federal government show ethanol production dropped about 4,000 barrels a day this week from last week’s record high. The Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.036 million barrels a day which translated into 43.51 million gallons daily. Stocks stood at 19.1 million barrels which is a drop of 0.1% from a week …
Even as he has been nominated by Donald Trump to become the next director of the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency, Attorney General Scott Pruitt is being praised for the work he did in getting an historic water agreement signed and passed by congress. While environmentalists are attacking Pruitt and saying his appointment will be like putting …