Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe isn't upset Rolling Stone called him one of the "planet's worst enemies." He is, however, a little peeved he wasn't ranked higher. Full Story >>

In a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Oklahoma Congressman Dan Boren announced his opposition to rule changes regarding domestic oil and gas production on federal lands. Full Story >>

A pair of Democratic Senators announced they would not seek re-election and Republicans are already favored to take one seat. Full Story >>

Election-year politics will slow down attempts at broad climate-change legislation and could derail the effort altogether. Full Story >>

This isn't technically oil and gas related, but it is an interesting look at the world of politics. Full Story >>

Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe spent 18 hours in the air and four hours on the ground for the United Nations climate change meeting ensuring his point of view was heard. Full Story >>

Twenty-two Democratic Congressmen have sent a letter to EPA head Lisa Jackson with their advice on the agency's review of hydraulic fracturing. Full Story >>

Senate Democrats have now said time has run out for climate change legislation this year. Full Story >>

The push for climate change legislation has fallen so far down the list of priorities in Congress one key committee chairman says it might have to wait until after the 2010 elections. Full Story >>

The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will begin work today on climate change legislation despite the threat of a boycott from Republican members of the committee. Full Story >>

Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson, saying his constituents have not been sold on a cap-and-trady system, has announced the climate bills offered will not pass the Congress this session. Full Story >>

Led by Oklahoma's Jim Inhofe, Republican members of the Senate's environmental committee are threatening a boycott to slow the advancement of the Senate's climate change bill Full Story >>

Oklahoma Congressman Dan Boren appeared on CNBC's "Mad Money," touting natural gas as an important fuel source for the nation's future and debunking concerns about hydraulic fracturing. Full Story >>

As his Senate environment committee takes up climate change legislation, Sen. Jim Inhofe has found himself at the center of the storm. Full Story >>

House Speaker Chris Benge testified before Congress about his legislative efforts to secure natural gas as a viable transportation alternative fuel option as opposed to foreign oil. Full Story >>

Oklahoma lawmakers have authored a bill that would ease regulations on natural gas conversion kits for vehicles. Full Story >>

GQ, the men's magazine focused on fashion, has got a thing for Oklahoma's junior senator. Full Story >>

The nation's energy policy debate has become a showdown between Ds and Rs in Washington, but natural gas producers may have one of their biggest proponents in President Obama's White House Chief of Staff. Full Story >>

South Carolina's Lindsey Graham has become the GOP's newest Senate maverick. The man who replaced Strom Thurmond in office has discussed legislative compromises with Sen. John Kerry in negotiations on the Senate's climate bill giving Democrats hope that they've found the missing link in defeating a Senate filibuster. Full Story >>

The future of the Senate's cap-and-trade bill will rely on the decision of 21 'fence sitters.'
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The U.S. Senate will unveil it's official version of climate change legislation today, but an unofficial debut of the bill has already caused a stir. Full Story >>

Executives from the nation's largest energy producers are ramping up their efforts to promote natural gas in Washington, D.C.
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Michael Morris, president of AEP, says climate change legislation could be a good thing. If written correctly, action from Congress would at least keep the EPA from regulating carbon dioxide under the Clean Air Act. Full Story >>

During a speech on the Senate floor earlier this month, Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe read a number of quotes from Democrats raising concerns with cap-and-trade. Full Story >>

Independent producers remain under attack in President Obama's proposed budget.
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U.S. Reps. Mary Fallin and Jason Altmire led a field hearing on the nation's energy policy and its impact on small business Tuesday, and the OIPA was well represented.
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Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe continues the argument against cap-and-trade legislation and is one of hundreds of lawmakers on all levels of government to sign the Americans for Prosperity "No Climate Tax Pledge."
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American Solutions, an organization led by Newt Gingrich, is pushing to defeat cap-and-trade legislation, calling the bill a tax on energy. Full Story >>

Coal's well-funded lobbying group today launched a television ad campaign featuring ordinary people talking about the importance of low-cost electricity. Full Story >>

U.S. Rep. John Sullivan has criticized a recently-released report that claims Oklahoma is one of 10 states not currently working toward reducing its dependency on oil. Full Story >>

U.S. EPA Adminstrator Lisa Jackson has denied a request from Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe to perform a new economic analysis of the House-passed climate and energy bill. Full Story >>

Ten moderate Senate Democrats from states dependent on coal and manufacturing sent a letter to President Obama saying they would not support any climate change bill that did not protect American industries from competition from countries that did not impose similar restraints on climate-altering gases. Full Story >>

A stream of new money flowed into the U.S. House of Representatives during debate on the recently-passed cap-and-trade bill, and millions of dollars of fresh cash came from groups hiring climate lobbyists for the first time. Full Story >>

U.S. Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, delivered a floor speech highlighting the nation's vast reserve of energy resources recoverable through hydraulic fracturing techniques. Full Story >>

In the global warming debate, sparsely populated North Dakota could prove to be the deciding factor. With two Democratic Senators, both of whom sit on committees holding court on the House climate bill, the state known for its badlands could possess crucial swing votes. Full Story >>

Oklahoma's lone Democrat in Washington, D.C., Congressman Dan Boren gave a less-than-enthusiastic appraisal of his party's energy proposals. Full Story >>

A Senate hearing on clean energy went awry, when Harry Alford, the president and chief executive of the National Black Chamber of Commerce, claimed the discussion was tinged with racial overtones. Full Story >>

The House-approved cap-and-trade legislation already faces a battle in the U.S. Senate, and now, former proponents of the idea are reluctant to support the bill. Full Story >>

An EPA research analyst claims his report on global warming was squashed by supervisors fearing a “very negative impact" on the agency. Full Story >>

U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette is moving ahead with her bill to put hydraulic fracturing under federal oversight while also seeking a study to gather more data on the practice. Full Story >>

Will Work With Oklahoma's senior Senator says his colleagues will pass a bill this year promoting the use of natural gas as transportation fuel. Full Story >>

Federal regulation of hydraulic fracturing would cost the United States billions of dollars and decrease oil and natural gas exploration by 20 percent. Full Story >>

Devon Energy CEO Larry Nichols says cap-and-trade bill unfairly targets oil and natural gas producers. Full Story >>

President Obama announced plans on Labor Day for a $50 billion investment in road, railways and airport runways. Where will that money come from? The oil and natural gas industry of course. Full Story >>

During an interview on "Meet the Press," White House Energy Adviser Carol Browner said the president hasn't given up hope that an energy bill will get passed this year. Full Story >>

Battle lines are being drawn in the U.S. Senate, where Majority Leader Harry Reid and other Democratic leaders unveiled its energy bill. Full Story >>

The Gulf of Mexico oil spill has given environmentalists new hope in pushing for more stringent regulations on oil and gas production in the United States. Full Story >>

North Dakota's Earl Pomeroy, a noted Blue Dog Democrat the the U.S. House of Representatives, is asking leadership to turn down any new regulations on hydraulic fracturing. Full Story >>

A bill by California Congressman Henry Waxman that would impose new regulation on both offshore and onshore drilling has been put on hold. Full Story >>

Rep. Diane DeGette, D-Colo., is expected to offer an amendment today in the House Energy and Commerce Committee requiring public disclosure of chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing. Full Story >>

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid hasn't given up on climate change legislation and says his Democratic caucus will meet in June to discuss how to move the bill forward. Full Story >>

As government and industry officials continue to weigh the environmental and economic impacts of BP's offshore accident that continues to leak oil into the Gulf, some lawmakers are, predictably, using the catastrophic event to push for alternative fuels and punishment for the oil and gas industry. Full Story >>

Plans by the Obama administration to scrap billions of dollars in tax provisions has independent producers across the nation, including Oklahoma's Devon Energy, up in arms, Full Story >>

The head of the EPA defended the agency's newest study of hydraulic fracturing in Congress, saying the completion technique could contaminate water supplies. Full Story >>

Oklahoma Congressman John Sullivan, along with Arkansas Democrat Mike Ross, called on their fellow lawmakers to resist efforts to increase federal regulation on hydraulic fracturing. Full Story >>

Say what you want about illegal immigration, but this weekend the controversial subject forced Senators hoping to unveil climate change and energy legislation to change their plans. Full Story >>

Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe continues to be the leading voice when it comes to opposing climate change legislation and in an interview with the political newspaper Politico, he continues his efforts. Full Story >>

T. Boone Pickens, the grand poobah of oil and gas prognostication, appeared before the House Ways and Means Committee, telling members of the powerful House committee the nation's energy policy should be focused on converting the nation's large trucks and buses to natural gas. Full Story >>

Senate leaders pushing for an energy bill that tackles climate change are pushing for an Earth Day deadline, and thanks to President Obama's recent move to open more of America’s coastlines to oil and natural gas production, negotiations are now focused on drilling. Full Story >>

President Obama's announcement on offshore drilling has political and energy pundits across the nation offering opinions, and the Houston Chronicle's Loren Steffy says Obama's oil move raises more questions than answers. Full Story >>

President Obama announced the opening more of America’s coastlines to oil and natural gas drilling, but his big news was met with skepticism from Oklahoma oil and gas producers, including a trio of OIPA board members. Full Story >>

In 2008, in the midst of a presidential campaign, Barack Obama blasted John McCain's proposal to increase oil and natural gas drilling off the coast of Florida. At the time, Obama said such a move would only "worsen our addiction to oil." Full Story >>

After an exhausting debate on health care, Congressional leaders are looking to the energy industry to rally support for climate change legislation by including language that would protect hydraulic fracturing from additional EPA regulations. Full Story >>

CNBC Mad Money host Jim Cramer, a proponent of natural gas production, interviews New York Rep. Maurice Hinchey, questioning his support of additional hydraulic fracturing regulations. Full Story >>

Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe continues to be the leading advocate of the oil and natural gas industry in the nation's capital, defending the use of hydraulic fracturing and continuing his battle against Al Gore and global warming hysteria. Full Story >>

Barbara Boxer, the Senate's leading cap-and-trade proponent and Sen. Jim Inhofe's nemesis on the Environment and Public Works Committee, is seeking her fourth term this year. Her primary opponent is former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina, who's behind in the polls but leading in campaign ad creativity. Full Story >>

Oklahoma Congressman Dan Boren continues his support of the oil and natural gas industry, this time joining Pennsylvania's Tim Murphy in penning a letter to their House colleagues who continue to question hydraulic fracturing. Full Story >>

Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas has joined Republican leaders in an attempt to prevent the EPA from regulating greenhouse gas emissions. Full Story >>

Leaders from the OIPA will be in the nation's capital this week as part of the IPAA's annual fly-in, a face-to-face lobbying campaign that will put independent producers in meetings with lawmakers and aides from about 70 congressional offices. Full Story >>

Oklahoma has seen it's fair share of winter weather recently. First, there was a blizzard in December. Then an ice storm in January. With more snow on the way, the state's senior senator, Jim Inhofe, is continuing his opposition to Al Gore and the former vice president's global warming theories.
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The two Congressman who brought you cap-and-trade and now turning their attention to hydraulic fracturing. Full Story >>

Bernard Weinstein, the associate director of the Maguire Energy Institute, says Obama's energy plans threaten the nation's economy and security. Full Story >>

BP's accident in the Gulf of Mexico could lead to tighter restrictions for onshore producers as lawmakers continue to weight the safety procedures for drilling. Full Story >>