Zack Colman

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Ending restrictions that all but ban crude oil exports would likely boost the economy and wouldn't change gasoline prices, the head of the Energy Department's statistics arm said. (AP Photo)

Oil exports might not hit gas prices

Zack Colman · October 13, 2014 2:53 pm

Mitigating the confusion and chaos that has permeated the climate deal talks will be critical when the nations head to Paris next year in the latest round of negotiations, said Yvo de Boer, the Dutch diplomat who led the failed Copenhagen negotiations. (iStock Photo)

Energy and Environment

How to save, and sell, a climate deal

Zack Colman · October 12, 2014 9:00 am

President Obama speaks at Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas, Calif., Friday. Obama designated the nearly 350,000 acres within the San Gabriel Mountains northeast of Los Angeles a national monument. Supporters say the move will provide recreational opportunities for millions of people -- minorities and children in particular -- who live in Los Angeles County, one of the most disadvantaged areas in terms of access to open space. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Energy and Environment

Obama names national monument in Calif.

Zack Colman · October 10, 2014 9:02 pm

The League of Conservation Voters plans to spend a "majority" of the $25 million it has raised for the November elections on its Senate ground game, largely by targeting 1.5 million "drop-off voters" who typically don't participate in midterm elections and tend to be younger, Hispanic and female. (iStock Photo)

Energy and Environment

U.S. to make ‘significant’ climate fund pledge

Zack Colman · October 10, 2014 3:43 pm

Obama announces new climate change initiative

Energy and Environment

Obama announces new climate change initiative

Zack Colman · October 9, 2014 2:42 pm

The U.S. energy boom has caused crude oil prices to fall over the last month, but its effect on broader geopolitics -- such as waylaying the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries -- is expected to be far more muted over the long term.Â (iStock)

Energy and Environment

Don’t expect energy boom to uproot global oil politics

Zack Colman · October 9, 2014 9:00 am

The Environmental Protection Agency sent a proposed rule to limit smog to the White House on Wednesday, a move that will set off fresh battles in what has been an intense, five-year fight over the regulation.Â (iStock)

Energy and Environment

EPA sends smog rule to White House

Zack Colman · October 8, 2014 11:39 pm

Democratic hopeful Natalie Tennant, right, and U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., during a debate for the U.S. Senate seat at the Clay Center in Charleston W.Va. on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Tyler Evert)

Energy and Environment

West Virginia Senate candidates face off in only televised debate

Zack Colman · October 8, 2014 1:47 pm

In January, a shortage of propane in the Midwest caused prices to surge upwards to near $5 a gallon in some markets. Propane prices this winter are projected to fall 27 percent. (Getty/Scott Olson)

Energy and Environment

Winter heating bills to drop

Zack Colman · October 7, 2014 8:40 pm

More than 300 union members and their families from Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia gathered at the Environmental Protection Agency's headquarters Tuesday to protests a proposal to limit carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants that they said would kill jobs in Appalachia.Â (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Energy and Environment

Unions protest EPA power plant proposal

Zack Colman · October 7, 2014 6:56 pm

$Methane emissions from fracking on federal lands more than doubled between 2008 and 2013, according to a report by left-leaning think tank Center for American Progress. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty images)$ Energy and Environment

Methane emissions rise 135 percent on federal lands: Report

Zack Colman · October 6, 2014 10:35 pm

The nuclear power industry says it's getting a raw deal under President Obama's proposal to limit carbon emissions from power plants. (Jeff Fusco/Getty Images)

Energy and Environment

Emission-free nuclear industry blasts EPA plan

Zack Colman · October 6, 2014 9:00 am