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

Paul Tonko calls Scott Pruitt a skilled grifter not ‘above the law’

John Siciliano April 26, 2018 2:46 pm

Scott Pruitt faces Capitol Hill grilling

Josh Siegel April 26, 2018 4:01 am

Trucks carrying containers with uranium to be used as fuel for nuclear reactors line up for loading them on a port in St. Petersburg, Russia.

We’ve entered a new nuclear Cold War with Russia

Mark Chalmers and Jeffrey Klenda April 26, 2018 4:00 am

National parks bring in $36 billion for economy

John Siciliano April 25, 2018 9:24 pm

French President Emmanuel Macron waves after speaking to a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washingtonn on Wednesday. Standing behind him are Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis.

Emmanuel Macron will likely succeed in getting Trump back into the Paris accord

Tom Rogan April 25, 2018 5:03 pm

Daily on Energy: Scott Pruitt tries to stay on message for House hearing

John Siciliano, Josh Siegel April 25, 2018 4:23 pm

Macron predicts: Trump can’t keep US out of Paris deal forever

Joel Gehrke April 25, 2018 3:41 pm

In this photo, a dish of pork chops with pear, caramelized onions, and rosemary is displayed.

Tax-hikers are coming for your meat

Tyler Tate April 25, 2018 2:00 pm

Scott Pruitt ignores ethics controversy in congressional comments

Josh Siegel April 25, 2018 11:31 am

Confessions of a former carbon tax skeptic

Josiah Neeley April 24, 2018 8:33 pm

Former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner (left) and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt (right) are shown.

Scott Pruitt, Timothy Geithner, and the problem of bunking with special interests

Philip Wegmann April 24, 2018 7:42 pm

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt talks during a hearing.

Scott Pruitt announces new EPA rule to combat ‘secret science’

Josh Siegel April 24, 2018 6:41 pm