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

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar is seen.

Amy Klobuchar pushes back on Democratic calls for banning fracking, says natural gas ‘will exist for a while’

Josh Siegel September 5, 2019 12:00 am

President Trump speaks.

Trump defends Alabama forecast using old Dorian map with disclaimer

Daniel Chaitin September 4, 2019 11:45 pm

Democratic presidential candidate entrepreneur Andrew Yang speaks.

Yang urges ‘vast majority’ of world to go vegetarian ‘immediately’ for climate

Naomi Lim September 4, 2019 11:42 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-California, speaks.

Kamala Harris: ‘No question’ I would ban fracking

Josh Siegel September 4, 2019 11:11 pm

U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., makes a speech.

Kamala Harris wants to ban plastic straws

Julio Rosas September 4, 2019 11:00 pm

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Kamala Harris speaks.

Kamala Harris backs ending the filibuster to ‘pass a Green New Deal’

Josh Siegel September 4, 2019 10:36 pm

John Ingram is seen.

CNN town hall audience member wonders if kids should ‘continue the cycle of family’ amid climate crisis

Julio Rosas September 4, 2019 10:25 pm

President Trump speaks.

‘I want crystal clean water’: Trump preemptively responds to CNN climate town hall

Julio Rosas September 4, 2019 9:55 pm

Sightseers watch waves crash on shore as Hurricane Dorian made it's way off the Florida coast Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, in Ormond Beach, Fla.

Hurricane Dorian strengthening as it gets 'dangerously close' to Southeast coast

Daniel Chaitin September 4, 2019 9:38 pm

Joe Balash, assistant secretary for land and minerals management for the Department of the Interior, answers reporters' questions on proposed lease sales in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

Ex-Interior official joins Papua New Guinea-based oil company

Tim Pearce September 4, 2019 8:34 pm

President Trump talks with reporters after receiving a briefing on Hurricane Dorian in the Oval Office of the White House Wednesday in Washington.

Trump presents doctored NHC graphic showing Alabama could get hit by Hurricane Dorian

Daniel Chaitin September 4, 2019 7:35 pm

Daily on Energy: Warren and Harris join the competition for ‘climate candidate’ mantle

Josh Siegel September 4, 2019 4:01 pm