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

William Johnson helps pack up a friend's belongings as he returns to his damaged home from hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach, Fla., Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018.

Hurricane Michael death toll rises to 18, hundreds of thousands still without power

Robert Donachie October 14, 2018 8:50 pm

U.S. Sen Marco Rubio speaks during a news conference in front of the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children, on Friday, June 22, 2018, in Homestead, Fla.

Marco Rubio: I’m not going to ‘destroy our economy’ over rising sea level threat

Naomi Lim October 14, 2018 2:09 pm

Chris Allen looks into the flooded lower level of an antique shop during a power outage in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in Panama City, Fla.

Power outages top 1 million a day after hurricane is downgraded

John Siciliano October 13, 2018 12:24 am

Saudi King Salman speaks during a meeting of the Saudi-Iraqi Bilateral Coordination Council.

Khashoggi crisis threatens Trump’s oil pact with Saudis

John Siciliano, Josh Siegel October 12, 2018 11:36 pm

Daily on Energy: Utility industry descends on Washington with an ax to grind

Daily on Energy, presented by GAIN: Khashoggi family ties to Iran-Contra and 1970s oil embargo

John Siciliano, Josh Siegel October 12, 2018 4:08 pm

The U.S. is home to the Permian Basin, the world's most productive oil field.

‘Expensive energy is back,’ international experts warn

Josh Siegel October 12, 2018 1:56 pm

People listen to speeches during a protest demanding European Union leaders to honor their commitments to the 2015 Paris Agreement.

Republican climate hawks hope dire UN report will sway skeptics

Josh Siegel October 12, 2018 4:00 am

A boat sits lodged into a home in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael.

Hurricane Michael leaves 1.2 million in the dark from Florida to Virginia

John Siciliano October 12, 2018 2:40 am

Sen. Ed Markey speaks during an event in Worcester, Mass.

Ed Markey prods feds to ‘turn over every stone’ in Columbia Gas probe

John Siciliano October 11, 2018 11:30 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2017, file photo, a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol vehicle passes along a section of border levee wall in Hidalgo, Texas. The Department of Homeland Security has issued another waiver of environmental laws to build new border barriers in South Texas, this time for roughly 17 miles (27 kilometers) of new border wall. DHS posted a waiver Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, that lists six sections where it plans to build "physical barriers and roads" in the Rio Grande Valley, at the southernmost point of Texas.

DHS orders border agency to bypass environmental rules to start 18-mile border wall in Texas

Anna Giaritelli October 11, 2018 7:08 pm

A coal miner works next to a drill in an underground coal mine roughly 40-inches-high, in Welch, W.Va.

Operator of largest US power market warns Trump against coal bailout

Josh Siegel October 11, 2018 6:19 pm

Commuter traffic on North Capitol Street heading towards the US Capitol Building in Washington resumes to its normal volume, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. The bill to reopen the government late Monday, was signed by President Donald Trump, ending a 69-hour display of partisan dysfunction.

Senate confirms Trump’s pick to defend his environmental policies in court

Kelly Cohen October 11, 2018 4:44 pm