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

Al Gore and Earth the Penguin are pictured.

Al Gore endorses penguin for Congress

Naomi Lim October 9, 2018 7:31 pm

Oil giant asks court to stop Eric Schneiderman's investigation that it calls "harassment."

Carbon tax group touts Exxon’s $1 million contribution as a turning point

Josh Siegel October 9, 2018 7:00 pm

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

Daily on Energy, presented by GAIN: Trump delivers on promise to farmers by upping ethanol fuels

John Siciliano, Josh Siegel October 9, 2018 4:21 pm

Trump has global allies in his approach to climate change

Josh Siegel October 9, 2018 3:49 pm

Trump unveils new plan to pump up ethanol

John Siciliano October 9, 2018 12:30 am

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, center, is surrounded by residents, business people and family members as he signs a 20-year mining moratorium on lands in Paradise Valley, Mont. on Monday, Oct. 8, 2018 at Sage Resort in Pray, Mont. Zinke approved a 20-year ban on new mining claims in the mountains north of Yellowstone National Park after two proposed gold mines raised concerns the area could be spoiled.

Ryan Zinke bans mining near Yellowstone National Park

Josh Siegel October 8, 2018 5:53 pm

Daily on Energy, presented by GAIN: The Paris climate deal was never enough to save the world, says the UN

John Siciliano, Josh Siegel October 8, 2018 3:56 pm

The debate over whether Arizona should reduce the benefit that electricity customers receive for selling power from rooftop solar arrays is hitting the airwaves. (AP Photo)

Uncle Sam is all-in on expensive, impractical batteries

Ross Marchand October 8, 2018 4:00 am

The Trump administration proposed a major rollback of Obama-era regulations on coal-fired power plants, striking at one of the former administrationâs legacy programs to rein in climate-changing fossil-fuel emissions.

UN calls for ‘far-reaching’ actions to stop climate change

John Siciliano October 8, 2018 1:01 am

Another hurricane could hit US in the coming days, this one targeting the Gulf Coast

Josh Siegel October 7, 2018 9:51 pm

President Donald Trump, joined by coal miners and members of congress including Rep. Jim Renacci, R-Ohio, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is congratulated after signing H.J. Res. 38 in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017.

Trump’s coal bailout moves to the back burner

John Siciliano October 5, 2018 11:48 pm

Daily on Energy, presented by GAIN: Trump’s ethanol plan meets bipartisan wall of opposition on Hill

John Siciliano, Josh Siegel October 5, 2018 4:05 pm