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

Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih speaks to reporters during a press conference.

Saudi Arabia on Jamal Khashoggi crisis: ‘This incident will pass’

Joel Gehrke October 22, 2018 9:22 pm

Daily on Energy: Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran tensions make it harder for GOP in midterms

John Siciliano, Josh Siegel October 22, 2018 4:14 pm

This April 2, 2010 file photo shows a Tesoro Corp. refinery, including a gas flare flame that is part of normal plant operations, in Anacortes, Wash.

Washington state voters could be the first to approve a carbon tax

Josh Siegel October 21, 2018 4:00 am

Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's crown prince, signs an agreement with SoftBank Group Corp. Chairman Masayoshi Son in New York on Tuesday, March 27, 2018.

US diplomats expect Congress, not Trump, to lead on punishing Saudi Arabia over Khashoggi

John Siciliano October 20, 2018 11:00 am

The Supreme Court on June 21 agreed that the SEIU Local 1000 in Sacramento acted illegally when it leveled a special assessment to support political activity without allowing nonmembers to opt out. (AP Photo)

Supreme Court pauses kids’ climate change suit before trial

Josh Siegel October 20, 2018 2:30 am

Daily on Energy: Trump’s cabinet in hot water again with renewed calls to fire Zinke

John Siciliano, Josh Siegel October 19, 2018 4:26 pm

President Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Erie Insurance Arena.

Critics fear that Trump’s coal bailout could rise from the dead

John Siciliano October 19, 2018 4:00 am

Daily on Energy: Nuclear energy watchdog backs Saudi push for Khashoggi media blackout

John Siciliano, Josh Siegel October 18, 2018 4:20 pm

FILE This July 26, 2013 file photo shows a motorist filling up with gasoline containing ethanol in Des Moines. The Obama administration on Friday proposed to reduce the amount of ethanol in the nation's fuel supply for the first time, acknowledging that the biofuel law championed by both parties in 2007 is not working as well as expected.

Consumers will suffer the hangover from Trump’s ethanol binge

Colin A. Carter and Henry I. Miller October 18, 2018 4:00 am

An Iranian oil worker makes his way through Tehran's oil refinery south of the capital Tehran, Iran.

Feds warn Iran sanctions could make it harder to heat homes this winter

John Siciliano October 17, 2018 10:43 pm

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross speaks in Oxon Hill, Md.

Wilbur Ross opens new front in trade war with $11M in fish farm grants

John Siciliano October 17, 2018 9:21 pm

$The Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management rule would make fracking operations subject to federal standards for well casings. (AP Photo)$

Thank fracking for continued decreases in US greenhouse gas emissions

Tiana Lowe Doescher October 17, 2018 8:40 pm