While protesters led by the Standing Rock Sioux continue to vandalize construction equipment in a protest of the Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota, the head of the company says it’s committed to the project. Kelcy Warren, CEO of Energy Transfer partners told employees in a memo that the pipeline is nearly 60 percent completed …
A public rally against the Dakota Access Pipeline is set for Wednesday, September 14, 2016 on the University of Oklahoma campus. The event is a collaboration of university students, Native American tribal organizations and the general public. The group will meet at Dale Hall in the South Oval at 12:00 p.m. The walk/protest will begin …
The State of Oklahoma launched its second round of attacks this week on the Environmental Protection Agency over its enforcement of the Clean Water Rule and the controversial WOTUS or Waters of the U.S. Rule. The State, along with business groups led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce argued the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals …
Thanks to a big loan from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the city of Lexington will finally soon have clean drinking water. Rep. Bobby Cleveland announced this week the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation has entered into a contract to sell drinking water to Cleveland County Rural Water district Number one. It will bring an …
From Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak: Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak wants to alleviate concerns about six-month moratoriums on purchasing earthquake insurance. The concerns were raised after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in Pawnee on Sept. 3. A moratorium is a temporary suspension on issuing new earthquake insurance policies. “While touring earthquake damage in Pawnee, …
What Politico’s Morning Energy Report says about the water bill under consideration in the Senate. “ON-WRDA: The Senate’s water infrastructure bill is on track to pass this week after an overwhelming procedural vote Monday night to keep it moving along. The last issue to work out is a dredging dispute between Connecticut and New York …
Could the federal government’s handling of the protest by Native Americans of the $4 billion Dakota Access Pipeline be a sign of things to come in the remaining months of the Obama administration? Oklahomans are among those who joined other Indians in North Dakota in fighting the four-state pipeline that a federal judge initially refused to block …
The Oklahoma Energy Resources Board gets a passing grade from State Auditor and Inspector Gary Jones. “The Agency’s internal controls provided reasonable assurance that expenditures were accurately reported in the accounting records,” stated Jones in a recent audit covering July 1, 201 through June 30, 2015. “No exceptions were noted as a result of our …
Oklahoma gasoline prices dropped again in the past week, falling two more cents a gallon to reach a new state average of $2.04 a gallon, according to AAA Oklahoma. The organization reports that is nine cents below the average recorded at the end of August. “It’s interesting to note that gas prices in all Oklahoma …
The fight over the lesser prairie chicken might not be finished. A coalition of environmental groups has filed a petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service contending that the bird remains in danger of extinction. The filing came only four months after the federal government gave up a court fight to keep the bird …