The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) tested water from Lake Overholser and Lake Hefner earlier this week and testing has conformed the presents of blue green algae in both lakes. This is the same algae that has forced the closer of beaches around Oklahoma....
Last week we reported that blue green algae has been found in several lakes in Oklahoma. Since then the conditions at Grand Lake have improved but now the toxic algae has been found in Skiatook lake. The following lakes currently have closings due to blue...
Earlier this month Halliburton confirmed that ground water in Duncan has been contaminated with perchlorate. Perchlorate has been linked to harming the thyroid’s ability to produce hormones needed for normal development and growth. Currently perchlorate is unregulated but the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is...
A harmful algae is showing up in lakes around Oklahoma. The algae is called Blue Green Algae and it’s very harmful to people and animals. The algae creates endotoxins, hepatoxins and neurotoxins. Current lakes in Oklahoma that the algae has been found in include, Grand Lake...
The Arbuckle-Simpson aquifer underlies an area of approximately 530 square miles in south central Oklahoma and provides the drinking water to more than 40,000 people in cities such as Ada, Sulphur, Tishomingo, and Durant. The Arbuckle-Simpson is a karst aquifer which means that the...
Today is World Oceans Day, while Oklahoma doesn’t have any oceans to enjoy, we do still have an impact on the health of the world’s oceans. Plastic waste is one way that we are all having an impact. Around 10 percent of the plastic produced...
Last month the EPA rejected Oklahoma’s sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions reduction plan. The plan would have had power plants switch to a low-sulfur coal and gradually switch the aging plants to natural gas. The EPA has proposed its own plan which requires Oklahoma Gas...
With glasses raised and the taps flowing, members of the Oklahoma Sierra Club, local leaders, and Oklahoma City residents converged on McNellies Pub on a Tuesday night. They came together to show their appreciation for the Environmental Protection Agency and more specifically, the...
