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Charging that Executive Order 13990 issued by President Biden “is in contravention of Article II Section 2 and the 10th Amendment of the United States Constitution,” Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt issued his own executive order this week to, in effect, nullify it. Governor Stitt is a Republican, elected in 2018. His order is challenging Biden’s order as “adverse to energy producers throughout the United States and Oklahoma. His decision terminates the Keystone XL pipeline and claims to rejoin the Paris Climate Accord while failing to seek ratification by the U.S. Senate.” According to the U.S. Constitution, a presidential agreement with...

If things go badly in the oilfield, there’s the further potential for them to go REALLY badly. Incidents such as the Exxon Valdez spill, the Piper Alpha fire, and the Macondo blowout show that as an industry there is always an underlying risk we have to manage, and that we must accept as a society in exchange for our use of hydrocarbons. Every time an incident does happen, people are outraged, and rightfully so: I can’t imagine how I would feel if I lost someone close to me, or if my home or community was heavily damaged. After this initial...

On Tuesday, President Obama announced a sweeping series of initiatives, including the use of executive powers, to combat global warming. The plan will involve federal funding for renewable energy technology, and spending for areas hit by storms and droughts aggravated by an allegedly changing climate. Yet the most ambitious part of his agenda is an effort to force a reduction in so-called greenhouse gases from the nation’s coal-fired power plants. Prior to the speech, Daniel P. Schrag, a White House environmentalism adviser and director of the Harvard University Center for the Environment, got to the nub of that agenda: “Politically,...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — In 2011, Idaho's Department of Commerce devoted a 37-page magazine to renewable energy, with Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter touting geothermal, wind, solar and biomass. "Sustainable, renewable energy is going to play a big role in Idaho's future," Otter proclaimed. The publication now doubles as a grim recapitulation of projects where the lights have dimmed or gone out. Hoku Corp.'s $400 million Pocatello solar polysilicon plant has been mothballed, while Transform Solar, Micron Technology Inc.'s energy venture, is dead. A biomass power project at an Emmett sawmill highlighted in the magazine failed, too, forcing its developers this...

To Governor Sarah Palin, Now that you have returned to Alaska and resume work as Governor, I thank you for all the hard work and resilience you have demonstrated as our VP candidate. Please take the next few months off to relax, unwind, and enjoy the holidays. But come the New Year I hope you will take some time to consider whether you want to return to national politics. I like millions others hope you will. Toward this hope I have a few thoughts to share should you are interested. Firstly, govern well. By that I mean take good care...

“Republicans in the House and Senate want an immediate vote to put lawmakers on record” “Republicans on Capitol Hill have been hammering away for weeks … demanding action” “House and Senate Republicans have been working for weeks to coordinate their message on the need for an energy fix to bring down gas prices” CQ: “House Republicans … filed another discharge petition seeking a floor vote on legislation they say could lower gas prices pretty quickly. The bill, the fifth piece of energy legislation the House Republicans have filed discharge petitions on in recent weeks, would cut the number of localized...

"I hear the caribou are grazing this time of year..."So I am sitting here thinking about the price of gas. I hear people complain about it, and of course blame our president because of it. I am not going to go into an economics lesson about supply and demand because quite honestly, I don't think enough people would understand it, even if I did. markbureau 4/27/6

"I hear the caribou are grazing this time of year..." So I am sitting here thinking about the price of gas. I hear people complain about it, and of course blame our president because of it. I am not going to go into an economics lesson about supply and demand because quite honestly, I don't think enough people would understand it, even if I did. markbureau 4/27/6

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A tiny oil company has snapped up leasing rights to a half-million acres in central Utah that it says could yield a billion barrels or more of oil. Geologists are calling it a spectacular find — the largest onshore discovery in at least 30 years, located in a region of complex geology long abandoned for exploration by major oil companies. It’s turning out to contain high-quality oil already commanding a premium at Salt Lake refineries. With the secret out, industry players expect a bidding war to break out at the next Utah leasing auction, set...