Gordon promises caution, pitches land deal as an investment
Deal involves a numbers-minded governor of a state with huge trust funds, an oil giant under pressure and 5 million acres of land and minerals.
Mark Gordon
State could spend hundreds of millions on Occidental land
Massive land, minerals purchase could dip deep into the state’s savings funds; proponents say it would bring much-needed revenues, but belt-tightening first.
Gov: wildlife migration order makes competing bills moot
Gordon signs executive order protecting migrating wildlife, a measure said to be the first such effort in the nation.
Bill could put $1 billion in carbon capture onto electric bills
Bill backed by Gov. Mark Gordon forces utilities to implement carbon capture but allows them to pass costs on to consumers’ electrical bills.
Backing Gordon, Legislature looks to bet big on fossil fuels
Following rousing speech, lawmakers are leaping over one another to answer Gov. Mark Gordon’s call to defend the energy industry with bills.
