StateImpact Oklahoma


StateImpact on OETA: Tourism Budget Cuts and Oklahoma’s State Parks

With the agency taking a cut of more than $16 million dollars going into the new fiscal year, the big question is whether more parks will have to go.

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Oklahoma’s Largest Utility Confused As U.S. Supreme Court Scuttles EPA Rule

In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday blocked the EPA’s attempt to curb mercury and other toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants across the country.

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Why Oklahoma Had the Nation’s Highest Percentage Of Bee Deaths Last Year

Honeybees are dying at an alarming rate across the country, but no state lost a greater percentage of its bees than Oklahoma over the last year.

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Closed Shipping Lanes Pose Yet Another Problem For Oklahoma’s Wheat Farmers

Slow moving storms that dumped record amounts of rain on Oklahoma in April and May killed the five-year drought, but damaged wheat crops in western Oklahoma.

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Why Midwest City and Del City Oppose Norman’s Plan to Reuse Wastewater

Norman isn’t the only city that relies on Lake Thunderbird for its water, and Midwest City and Del City would also need to be behind the plan before it goes before the Department of Environmental Quality for approval.

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