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Simmons: Support oil and gas as the industry supports the state
Brook A. Simmons
Oklahoma’s governor has shown his understanding of the important role a healthy and vibrant oil and natural gas industry plays in our state’s economy.
During his State of the State address to launch this year’s legislative session, Gov. Kevin Stitt told lawmakers he would support our state’s oil and gas industry and protect it from “radical liberals” in Washington. Two weeks later, he put his words to action by signing an executive order that would protect Oklahoma’s defining industry from federal overreach.
By News Director Jared Atha
Governor Kevin Stitt signed an executive order Monday to protect Oklahoma’s oil and gas industry from a Washington power grab.
In a press release from the Governor’s office, Executive Order 2021-03 highlights Oklahoma’s role as a global leader in energy production as well as the state’s successful “all of the above” strategy that has reduced carbon dioxide emissions to levels below the national average while producing the most affordable energy in the United States.
The order also criticizes the Biden Administration’s attack on energy producing states like Oklahoma, specifically citing the federal overreach and dismissal of Oklahoma’s constitutional ability to properly determine how to best develop its own natural resources.
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Gov. Kevin Stitt signed an executive order on Monday intended to protect Oklahoma’s oil and gas industry from what the governor described as a Washington power