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TULSA, Okla. — Oklahoma Senator James Lankford said in a interview on KRMG Radio that he will step in if President-elect Joe Biden does not have access to intelligence briefings by the end of the week.This comes after the national intelligence director’s office said it couldn't begin working with Biden’s team until a federal agency started the process of transition, which the Trump administration has not started.In the interview with KRMG Radio on Wednesday, Nov. 11, the Republican senator said the issue of Biden receiving the intelligence briefings should be resolved by Friday, Nov. 13. 602

U.S. energy consumption plummeted to its lowest level in more than 30 years this spring as the nation’s economy largely shut down because of the coronavirus, federal officials reported Wednesday.The drop was driven by less demand for coal that is burned for electricity and oil that’s refined into gasoline and jet fuel, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said.The declines were in line with lower energy usage around the globe as the pandemic seized up economies.Those trends are turning around as commercial activity resumes but the impact has already been profound — including energy companies filing for bankruptcy protection and a forecasted dip in annual U.S. and global greenhouse gas emissions.Overall U.S. energy consumption dropped 14 % during April compared to a year earlier, the energy administration said. That’s the lowest monthly level since 1989 and the largest decrease ever recorded in data that’s been collected since 1973.The largest drop previously seen was in December 2001, after the Sept. 11 attacks shocked the economy and a mild winter depressed electricity demand.Natural gas bucked the trend with a 15 percent increase in use during the April lockdown. More people at home meant more demand for natural gas as a heating fuel, while relatively few homes are heated with coal or oil, said Brett Marohl, who helped produce the energy administration findings.Petroleum consumption fell to 14.7 million barrels a day in April, down almost a third compared to the same period in 2019. Demand already has rebounded some after stay-at-home orders expired and large sectors of the economy started moving again.Led by people resuming some of their old driving habits, particularly in cities, petroleum consumption in June was back up to 17.6 million barrels a day, according to the American Petroleum Institute. But new drilling activity continued to be weak, declining in June for the seventh month in a row to 11 million barrels daily as stockpiles of oil and petroleum products remained near record levels.The spring drop in oil demand coincided with a market collapse triggered by a price dispute between Russia and Saudi Arabia.“While we are not out of the woods yet, we do appear to be headed in the right direction,” said Dean Foreman, the industry group’s chief economist.Coal companies are expected to have an even tougher time recovering from the pandemic, which hit as the coal sector remained on a fairly steady downward spiral since 2007 despite President Donald Trump’s attempts to prop it up.Coal consumption fell 27 percent in April compared to the same period in 2019, to 27 million tons. Most coal produced in the U.S. is used to generate electricity but many utilities have switched to cheaper natural gas and renewable sources like wind and solar.The energy administration projects overall consumption will increase for the rest of 2020 but remain below 2019 levels.___Follow Matthew Brown on twitter: @matthewbrownap 2972

Twelve years ago, the city of New Orleans was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Thousands of people died as a result, and caused billions of dollars worth of damage to the city.Thousands more New Orleans natives fled to Houston following Katrina. Many stayed in Texas, and are now dealing with the after effects of another devastating hurricane.Just over two weeks removed from Hurricane Harvey, the storm has already been attributed to 70 deaths, and experts forecast that the damage caused by the storm will far surpass Katrina's devastation.Now, the city of New Orleans is opening its doors and hearts to the city of Houston, just as Houston did over a decade ago. New Orleans ran the following full-page ad in the Houston Chronicle on Sunday. 753

UPDATE (Feb. 21, 6:10 a.m.): SpaceX officials say the Falcon 9 launch is pushed back to Feb. 22 at 6:17 a.m. Pacific time due to "strong upper level winds."SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - If you catch a ball of fire soaring through Southern California's sky Wednesday, there's a good chance it's SpaceX's latest launch - so please remain calm. 343

Tropical Storm Isaias formed in the Atlantic on Wednesday night, and it could bring heavy rain and strong winds to Florida. The National Hurricane Center said it is forecasted to become a hurricane Friday or Friday evening.On Thursday, the National Hurricane Center issued tropical storm watches for parts of Florida ahead of the storm.The National Hurricane Center said on Wednesday that the storm could impact Florida by the end of the week and over the weekend. On Thursday afternoon, NHC said it was too soon to determine the location or magnitude of those impacts."Here's the problem, all of our models have shifted east overnight. Except the Euro, which has now shifted the storm back into the Gulf of Mexico," Gree Dee said Thursday morning. "I cannot underscore this enough, this storm track is not set in stone right now."Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Wednesday that he's "closely" monitoring the system. He recommends Floridians be prepared now with at least seven days of disaster supplies ready.Isaias continues to produce life-threatening flash flooding and gusty winds over Puerto Rico. On the forecast track, the center of the storm will move over Hispaniola on Thursday and near the southeastern Bahamas by Thursday night or early Friday.Isaias is forecast to be near the Central Bahamas Friday night and approach the Northwest Bahamas or southern Florida Friday night and Saturday.This story originally reported by Emily McCain on abcactionnews.com 1470