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

Mandy Gunasekara is returning to EPA as chief of staff after leading the agency's air-policy office.

EPA is meeting Trump’s directive barring ‘un-American’ race-related training, watchdog says

Abby Smith December 29, 2020 4:31 pm

FILE- In this Dec. 13, 2010, file photo, Consumer Energy's B.C. Cobb Plant in Muskegon, Mich. is shown. The federal government says CMS Energy Corp. will undertake an estimated $1 billion program to cut emissions from five coal-fired power plants in Michigan to settle air pollution complaints. The U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014 that the utility's Consumers Energy subsidiary agreed to a plan to cut 46,500 tons of sulfur dioxide and other emissions annually from plants in Essexville, Luna Pier, Muskegon and West Olive. (AP Photo/The Muskegon Chronicle, Jeffrey Ball, File)

Congressmen unveil bipartisan measure to slash carbon emissions from power plants

Abby Smith December 28, 2020 7:00 pm

Planes take off and land at Ronald Reagan International Airport on Friday, March 23, 2007, in Arlington, Virginia. After McLean residents studied aircraft noise they thought had increased from Reagan National Airport, the FAA and Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority are offering corrective measures. Greg Whitesell/Examiner

EPA sets carbon limits for aircraft engines for the first time

Abby Smith December 28, 2020 4:25 pm

Here’s what Biden is promising to do to curb emissions in his first days in office

Abby Smith December 26, 2020 11:38 am

Meet Joe Biden’s climate ‘dream team’

Josh Siegel December 25, 2020 11:26 am

Mexico is becoming increasingly dependent on U.S.-produced natural gas to keep its lights on and its emissions low, a Mexican official told U.S. energy regulators on Thursday. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Trump EPA locks in smog limits at current levels ahead of Biden

Abby Smith December 23, 2020 7:45 pm

Daily on Energy: The biggest energy and climate stories of 2020

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith December 23, 2020 5:17 pm

Deb Haaland

Deb Haaland in no-win situation over Biden federal drilling ban

Josh Siegel December 23, 2020 11:36 am

The state of Michigan will pay $87 million so that Flint, Mich., can replace 18,000 lead pipes by 2020 to end the water crisis in that city. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Six years after Flint crisis, EPA overhauls rules to replace lead pipes

Abby Smith December 22, 2020 7:34 pm

Daily on Energy: Is the huge clean energy and climate bill passage a model for Biden?

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith December 22, 2020 5:17 pm

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy, right, accompanied by Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015, during a signing ceremony to launch a joint air quality program at select U.S. diplomatic missions overseas. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden ‘czars’ spark GOP fears of unchecked climate agenda

Abby Smith December 22, 2020 11:31 am

The clean energy package implements some of the long-time priorities of GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski, the chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

Congress set to pass the ‘biggest action ever taken’ to address climate change

Josh Siegel December 21, 2020 11:08 pm