Energy and Environment

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

Callie Patteson · November 9, 2026 7:10 pm

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

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

Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, set a new goal Wednesday of closing all remaining U.S. coal plants.

Bloomberg: US can’t afford to ban fracking ‘for awhile’

Josh Siegel February 20, 2020 3:41 am

Warren opens door to ‘exceptions’ for critical minerals in mining and drilling ban

Abby Smith February 20, 2020 3:39 am

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, arrives for a closed door meeting for Senators on election security on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 10, 2019.

Ted Cruz calls climate movement ‘an emotional primal scream’

Dominick Mastrangelo February 19, 2020 9:53 pm

the Petra Nova plant outside Houston, America's only successfully running carbon capture facility, sends the carbon dioxide via pipeline to nearby oil fields, where it is used to assist in the extraction of crude oil. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg)

Long-awaited IRS effort to boost carbon capture investments leaves toughest questions unresolved

Abby Smith February 19, 2020 8:25 pm

Daily on Energy: How coronavirus sharply cut Chinese emissions

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith February 19, 2020 4:57 pm

Daily on Energy: The Trump administration struggles with regulatory rollback math

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith February 18, 2020 5:18 pm

‘Digging for oil’: Climate change activists destroy UK university lawn

Spencer Neale February 18, 2020 4:03 pm

First nuclear reactor in Arab nation cleared to begin operation

Zach Halaschak February 17, 2020 9:43 pm

Daily on Energy: Climate change is gaining on the economy as a top issue

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith February 14, 2020 4:59 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)

‘Innovate or die’: Propane industry fights for survival in a low-carbon future

Abby Smith February 14, 2020 4:00 am

Surface melt water rushes along the surface of the Greeland Ice Sheet, through a supra-glacial stream channel, in July 2012 in the southwest of Ilulissat, Greenland. Polar ice sheets are now melting three times faster than in the 1990s, but so far it's added just less than half an inch to already rising global sea levels. (AP Photo/Ian Joughin)

Last month was the hottest January on record: NOAA

Abby Smith February 13, 2020 5:26 pm

Daily on Energy: House GOP braces for outside conservative pushback to climate plan

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith February 13, 2020 5:08 pm