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

Daily on Energy: Under attack, Biden may have staked out new ground on fossil fuels

Josh Siegel August 1, 2019 3:48 pm

‘That is kindergarten’: Rivals gang up on Biden over climate change

Josh Siegel August 1, 2019 2:08 am

Daily on Energy: Mayor Pete thinks Democrats look alike on climate. Is he right?

Josh Siegel July 31, 2019 3:52 pm

Sanders fends off suggestion he doesn’t care about fossil fuel workers

Josh Siegel July 31, 2019 2:26 am

Democratic presidential candidate Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks to the media.

Jay Inslee super PAC to air ad attacking other Democrats during debates, breaking taboo

Emily Brooks July 30, 2019 11:24 pm

A worker with the Pebble Mine project digs in the Bristol Bay region of Alaska near the village of Iliamma, Alaska.

EPA vacates Obama-era decision blocking Alaska mining project

Tim Pearce July 30, 2019 9:59 pm

Britain's Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry ride in a carriage to attend the annual Trooping the Colour Ceremony in London, Saturday, June 8, 2019. Trooping the Colour is the Queen's Birthday Parade and one of the nation's most impressive and iconic annual events attended by almost every member of the Royal Family.

Prince Harry says he and wife Meghan will have two children ‘maximum’ out of concern for planet

Caitlin Yilek July 30, 2019 6:07 pm

Daily on Energy: Looking to head off regulation, oil & gas industry touts voluntary methane reductions

Josh Siegel July 30, 2019 3:55 pm

Daily on Energy: Inslee promises to attack Biden over climate

Josh Siegel July 29, 2019 4:04 pm

A tire mountain culled from waste entering the United States from Mexico.

Border Patrol agents sickened by toxic raw sewage flowing in from Mexico

Anna Giaritelli July 28, 2019 11:00 am

A bald eagle takes flight in Newcastle, Maine.

Pennsylvania officials on lookout for bald eagle killer

Hunter Lovell July 27, 2019 10:05 pm

In this Aug. 25, 2016 photo released by Ibama, the Brazilian Environmental and Renewable Natural Resources Institute, a forest fire burns in Xingu Indigenous Park in Mato Grosso in Brazil's Amazon basin.

Rate of Amazon deforestation surges above three football fields per minute

Zach Halaschak July 26, 2019 5:40 pm