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Category Archives: Oklahoma City
The outlook for future oil and gas production, given high decline rates and some observations on the consequences of high energy prices for Oklahoma City
The commentary below is shared with permission of the author. It originated in private discussions on the listserv of the advisory board of the ASPO-USA (Association for the Study of Peak Oil). It is not cornucopian news. It is further … Continue reading
OKC’s new drought watering plan: sacrificing food gardens for swimming pools?
The City sent everyone in town a brochure this week describing the new City contingency plans for watering restrictions during drought. At first glance, it looks reasonable, even prudent, but there’s a big bamboozling devil in its details, and that … Continue reading
On pilgrimage in Hughes County
I had no intention of getting arrested as part of the Keystone pipeline opposition. My friend Stefan Warner, youth minister at Church of the Open Arms, had been by a few times and talked about it. He asked me what … Continue reading
Against the Ecocide in Canada and the Keystone Pipeline
Ten tragedies, a call to action, and an appeal to people of faith. A new essay, hair and beard on fire, on the situation with the Keystone pipeline and the ecocide in Canada (tar sands production). It is posted online … Continue reading
Ten years of drought susceptibility ahead of us.
The Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts and the Oklahoma Conference of Churches have partnered on a project to encourage people to pray for rain to end the drought. Some here in central Oklahoma may be wondering “What Drought?” but that … Continue reading
More anti-sustainability nonsense.
Here in Oklahoma, the focus seems to be on an obscure UN program, “Agenda 21,” which promotes sustainability. A recent meeting in Tulsa resulted in this story — Tulsa group fears UN agenda is assault on personal rights. Meanwhile, our … Continue reading
Oklahoma City’s water policies are recklessly inadequate.
The announced proposals to meet the drought crisis in Oklahoma City are recklessly inadequate. The proposal to raise rates by percent increases is fine up to a point. We’re in trouble if a large number of small users increase their … Continue reading
Oklahoma City Nanny State Alert!
Oklahoma City is asking the state legislature to lower the height requirements before the city can write code violations and get a court order for a contractor to mow a property, charging the homeowner with the bill, from the present … Continue reading
And here’s the rest of the story.
And here’s the rest of the story. We didn’t get 23 drivers for the Oscar Romero Catholic Worker House November 2012 delivery day that I thought we needed, but we did get enough that all the deliveries were done as … Continue reading
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You don’t represent me, James Lankford.
Representative James Lankford, Republican, elected from the congressional district where I live, has this to say in today’s New York Times – “The Senate was rewarded for inactivity, the House was rewarded for standing up for its principles and the … Continue reading
