With Super Tuesday securing Biden and Trump for the November ballot, let’s explore some of their work that has left impacts on the fight to tackle climate change. The red flag of a changing climate wasn’t on the radar until the late 1980s. At the time, 1988 was the hottest recorded year on record standing at […]

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As firefighters in Western Oklahoma put out flames that destroyed crops and killed cattle over the weekend, the largest wildfire in Texas history continues to make its way toward the state. The Smokehouse Creek fire, the largest of the wildfires blazing across multiple states, quickly became Texas's largest wildfire in state history after beginning north […]

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Tulsa's branch of Covanta Renewable Energy LLC, a national leader in sustainable materials management, shares a public notice to inform residents of a meeting to discuss a permit that would allow it to dispose of medical waste. A process meeting has been scheduled for March 5, 2024 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Tulsa […]

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With the arrival of a cold front and some much-needed precipitation, Texas and Oklahoma found temporary relief. The region has been devastated by wildfires, with the Texas panhandle experiencing particularly extensive damage. A series of wildfires have resulted in thousands of people evacuating and over a million acres burned.  The biggest of these fires is […]

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LAWTON, Okla.--Armed police officers escorted members of Westwin Resistance out of a Lawton City Council meeting Tuesday after they halted the meeting with chants urging the city to stop construction of the nation's first cobalt and nickel refinery. The coalition of citizens from local Tribes and the city of Lawton have been organizing for months […]

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