Category: OK

  • USDA to Bolster Meat & Poultry Safety

    USDA to Bolster Meat & Poultry Safety

    U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins Tuesday at the opening of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) new, modernized Midwestern Food Safety Laboratory, launched a  comprehensive plan to bolster USDA’s efforts to combat food-borne illness. “President Trump is committed to ensuring American consumers have the safest, most abundant, and affordable food supply in

  • The Bullet Train That Isn’t

    The Bullet Train That Isn’t

    Commentary: I’m reading a history of the interstate highway system, partially because I sense that the whole thing is widely overrated. Its construction massively disrupted the economics of small towns. It ruined the look and feel of large cities. The cost overruns were enormous and it took far longer to complete than anyone estimated. One

  • Data Center Water Usage Detailed

    Data Center Water Usage Detailed

    The proposed and opposed Tulsa County Data Center (click here for previous story) will require massive amounts of water, a precious resource Oklahoma has suffered without historically. Tulsans in particular, have invested huge amounts of public funds over decades to secure long-term access to water. Online research returns a wide range of perspectives of