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

Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke speaks after an order withdrawing federal protections for countless waterways and wetland was signed, at EPA headquarters in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018.

Ryan Zinke accomplished much during his short tenure

Chris Talgo January 2, 2019 3:29 pm

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Nancy Pelosi

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Pelosi's Climate Crisis Committee is too weak

Daniel Chaitin January 1, 2019 2:18 am

President Trump, right, listens as Polish President Andrzej Duda, left, speaks during a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in D.C.

Trump helping Europe cut the electric cord with Russia

John Siciliano December 31, 2018 5:00 am

In this Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018 photo, California Gov. Jerry Brown discusses his time in the state's highest office during an interview with The Associated Press in Sacramento, Calif. Brown, a Democrat, will leave office Jan. 7 after serving a record four terms.

Jerry Brown: Climate change ‘an enemy’ as ‘devastating’ as the Nazis

Naomi Lim December 30, 2018 6:06 pm

Trump has global allies in his approach to climate change: Canada, Australia also reluctant on government action to combat climate change

Trump EPA seeks to weaken emission regulations for coal power plants

John Siciliano December 28, 2018 11:03 pm

Nancy Pelosi appoints Kathy Castor the head of resurrected climate change panel

John Siciliano December 28, 2018 6:45 pm

With a Democratic House, Big Green goes on the offensive in 2019

John Siciliano December 28, 2018 5:01 am

Dark black smoke rises from a factory chimney.

Americans don’t want a carbon tax, so why do Democrats keep trying?

Abigail Marone December 28, 2018 5:00 am

American natural gas will help solve global energy poverty

David Spigelmyer December 27, 2018 5:02 pm

This cylinder hauler at Paducah's Babcock & Wilcox Conversion Services plant delivers the first of DOE's 14-ton depleted uranium cylinders to USEC for re-enrichment as part of a five-party agreement that is extending enrichment operations at the 60-year-old plant for another year, delaying increased costs at the site for DOE.

Don’t impose a quota on uranium imports

David Tamasi December 27, 2018 2:19 pm

Ex-lobbyist who carries card to remind him of all his conflicts is favorite to replace Zinke

Josh Siegel December 24, 2018 5:00 am

Rescuers remove a plastic bag containing the body of a tsunami victim from the back of a truck in Carita, Indonesia, Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018. The tsunami occurred after the eruption of a volcano around Indonesia's Sunda Strait during a busy holiday weekend, sending water crashing ashore and sweeping away hotels, hundreds of houses and people attending a beach concert.

Indonesia tsunami claims more than 220 lives

Allison Elyse Gualtieri December 23, 2018 6:38 pm