Energy and Environment

A person walks a dog past signs about gas, food prices and voting on Nov. 3, 2026 in Dallas, Texas.

Gas prices drop below $4 for first time since July despite inflation

Brady Knox · November 10, 2026 1:10 pm

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, from left, Sen. Shelly Moore Capito, R-W.Va., chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., talk to reporters about the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act to reform the federal environmental review and permitting process, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The 24 Democrats and one Republican who voted against advancing the Senate permitting bill

Lee, Moore Capito, Whitehouse, and Heinrich.

Major bill to cut red tape for energy projects clears Senate hurdle

Wind turbines can be seen from Patterson Pass Road in Livermore, California.

Measure to overhaul California’s bedrock environmental law fails

Newly elected Democratic governors in Texas, Gina Hinojosa in the big frame on right, Ohio, showing Amy Acton, top left, and Georgia Gov.-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms, bottom left.

Data centers face uphill battle with incoming Democratic governors

Installers from California Green Design install solar electrical panels on the roof of a home in Glendale, Calif.

‘Worse than we thought’: Clean energy lost almost 450,000 jobs in April

Abby Smith May 13, 2020 5:30 pm

Daily on Energy: Climate hawks Biden’ their time after getting nothing from Pelosi

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith May 13, 2020 3:54 pm

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, holds a press conference on the Green New Deal Resolution outside of the U.S. Capitol, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019.

Old politics of climate change and fossil fuels invade pandemic response

Josh Siegel May 13, 2020 4:00 am

Daily on Energy: Not so fast on those rising gas prices

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith May 12, 2020 4:25 pm

The $1 billion Gemini project would be the eighth-largest solar facility in the world.

Trump administration approves largest solar farm in US, expected to power 260,000 homes

Josh Siegel May 11, 2020 7:09 pm

Daily on Energy: Saudis deepen oil production cut

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith May 11, 2020 3:56 pm

FILE -- In this Feb. 4, 2015 file photo, a vehicle in the High Occupancy Vehicle lane, on right, passes lines of slow moving cars on Southbound Highway 99 in Sacramento, Calif.

Air pollution deaths fell by nearly a quarter because of lockdowns: Study

Abby Smith May 11, 2020 11:21 am

While the near-term demand picture is highly uncertain, as people re-consider their travel and work habits, this latest bust is unlikely to hasten the demise of oil.

Oil price boom expected following pandemic crash

Josh Siegel May 10, 2020 4:00 am

Daily on Energy: Renewables may get help from Trump, but only half of what they want

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith May 8, 2020 4:39 pm

The deal might be getting worse for Carrier workers. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Refrigerator makers in peril as Congress fights over coolants

Abby Smith May 8, 2020 4:00 am

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)

Conservative group backed by Rick Santorum enters the climate change fray

Josh Siegel May 8, 2020 3:00 am

In this image made from UNTV, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks in a pre-recorded message which was played during the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020.

Bolsonaro charges military with fighting destruction of Amazon rainforest

Zach Halaschak May 8, 2020 12:27 am