Energy and Environment

A construction worker walks past signs about gas, food prices, and voting in Dallas.

GOP loss culprit? Trump dismal approval ratings track gas prices almost 1-for-1

Callie Patteson · November 4, 2026 12:20 pm

A man holds a "no data center" sign.

Data centers on track to go 1-40 on ballot measures in sign of backlash

Energy and environment graphic.

Incoming Democratic majorities will try to swing pendulum back on clean energy

A flare burns off methane and other hydrocarbons as oil pumpjacks operate in the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas, on Oct. 12, 2021.

Anti-Islam, anti-DEI Republican loses bid for Texas oil agency seat to Democrat

President Donald Trump stands on a stage wearing a white "USA" hat.

Gas prices in Trump’s second term hit record high for any presidency

China now emits more than rest of developed world combined: Chart

Josh Siegel May 6, 2021 2:57 pm

Daily on Energy: Biden administration eyeing aid for nuclear to meet climate goals

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith May 5, 2021 3:52 pm

Expiring tax credits for wind and solar energy would be permanently extended under the president's budget proposal. (iStock)

US faces soaring need for critical minerals dominated by China, IEA says

Abby Smith May 5, 2021 10:30 am

Jennifer Granholm

Daily on Energy: Granholm touts carbon capture as area for bipartisanship

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith May 4, 2021 4:13 pm

Daily on Energy: Biden’s first climate regulation is one GOP and industry could actually like

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith May 3, 2021 4:08 pm

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, Monday, June 3, 2019.

Trump EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler joining Heritage Foundation

Zach Halaschak May 3, 2021 4:05 pm

The Obama administration joined nearly 200 countries in signing onto a global deal in Kigali, Rwanda, this month to phase out the use of chemical coolants called hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, used in air conditioners and for refrigeration (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed, File)

EPA moves to curb potent greenhouse gas coolants in first Biden climate regulation

Abby Smith May 3, 2021 2:14 pm

Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Jerry Nadler, who are on a collision course in the Midterm primaries.

Trump-approved Nevada lithium mine could unlock Biden clean energy goals

Josh Siegel May 3, 2021 10:26 am

FILE - This Nov. 16, 2015 photo shows an overview of a section of the Mississippi Power Co. carbon capture plant in DeKalb, Miss. Regulators have reached a settlement with Mississippi Power Co. on how much customers should pay for a troubled $7.5 billion power plant once touted as the future of coal. The unit of Atlanta-based Southern Co. is agreeing to lower the price tag on its Kemper County power plant by $85 million, its second round of concessions in two weeks. Shareholders have already lost $6 billion.

Biden administration looking to capture carbon from gas and manufacturing

Abby Smith May 3, 2021 10:19 am

Democratic senator pushes ban on sales of new gas-powered cars by 2035

Carly Ortiz-Lytle May 1, 2021 5:40 pm

Daily on Energy: Measuring the window of opportunity for bipartisan talks on infrastructure

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith April 30, 2021 4:10 pm

Republicans and Democrats are more divided over the issue of climate change going into the November election, but support more wind and solar. (iStock Photo)

Environmentalists say Biden’s climate finance plan leaves the door open for fossil fuels

Abby Smith April 30, 2021 3:00 am