Thursday, November 21, 2024

Tag: Oklahoma

Oklahoma governor seeks to set nation’s highest tax on wind

“Creating a less competitive energy environment via taxation only hurts consumers.”

Oklahoma’s latest fracking-related earthquake sparks demand for withdrawal of oil and...

Despite overwhelming scientific evidence that these dangerous wastewater-injection practices cause destructive quakes, the BLM failed to consider these effects in its evaluation of its latest lease auction in April 2016.

5.0 earthquake hits Oklahoma, continuing string of fracking-induced shakes

Oklahoma has become the world capital of earthquakes.

220 ‘Significant’ Pipeline Spills Already This Year Exposes Troubling Safety Record

The number of significant pipeline incidents grew 26.8 percent from 2006 to 2015.

Oilfield Prayer Day in Oklahoma

Perhaps it would be more prudent for Gov. Mary Fallin and the Republican-dominated legislature to stop praying to the oil industry and start passing laws to make their state’s oil billionaires pay their fair share of taxes.

Sheriff to Resign After Indicted by Grand Jury

After a video put an Oklahoma sheriff on blast for shooting an unarmed man, he was indicted on two misdemeanors and is set to resign. When will police brutality end?

VIDEO: Is Oklahoma Set to Execute an Innocent Man? Inside the...

Oklahoma is scheduled to execute Richard Glossip on Wednesday night. But as time is running out, is the state about to kill an innocent man? Democracy Now discusses the case.

VIDEO: As GOP Candidates Question Climate Change, Texas and Oklahoma Hit...

With severe storms leave extensive damage and at least 23 people dead in Texas and Oklahoma, Republicans presidential candidates continue to question climate change. Are these politicians crazy or just denying the truth?

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David Huitema confirmed as ethics Czar amid fears of Trump’s return and conflict of...

As Trump’s second term looms, the Senate confirmed David Huitema to lead the Office of Government Ethics. Advocates praise the move, but critics warn of a tough road ahead for government accountability.

Trump’s Energy Department pick: A Fracking CEO who claims ‘there is no climate crisis’

Wright’s history of denying the severity of climate change raise critical questions about his ability to lead an agency central to energy innovation and climate policy.

Pentagon fails seventh straight audit amid $1 trillion military budget

Meanwhile, Congress continues to approve unprecedented increases in military spending, pushing the budget close to $1 trillion.

Protesters demand US Senate block weapons sales to Israel amid Gaza death toll exceeding...

Emblazoned with slogans like “Stop Arming Israel” and “Fund Housing, Not Genocide,” demonstrators gathered in the Hart Senate Office Building ahead of a pivotal Senate vote on Wednesday.

Senate rejects Sanders’ push to halt US arms sales as weapons fuel 44,000 deaths...

The Senate overwhelmingly voted against the measures, leaving advocates of peace and human rights questioning U.S. complicity in the alleged war crimes unfolding in Gaza.