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

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks at a news conference. Pruitt indicated this week he may target a longstanding federal waiver that allows California to set its own, tougher tailpipe emission standards.

Scott Pruitt lives to fight another day in Trumpland

John Siciliano April 4, 2018 4:46 pm

Daily on Energy: The sun also rises for EPA’s Scott Pruitt

John Siciliano, Josh Siegel April 4, 2018 4:32 pm

The Obama administration, in conjunction with the EPA, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has issued a rule on putting more small bodies of water and wetlands under federal protection to ensure clean drinking supplies The move that has angered some lawmakers, businesses, and farming groups.

EPA’s Scott Pruitt takes over all big decisions on America’s waterways

John Siciliano April 4, 2018 4:28 pm

Trump’s EPA grants giant oil refiner ‘hardship waiver’ from biofuel regulation

Philip Wegmann April 4, 2018 4:22 pm

Oklahoma Bar is probing a complaint that Pruitt used a private email address to conduct official business. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Did Trump give Scott Pruitt the kiss of death?

Gabby Morrongiello April 4, 2018 4:01 am

President Trump speaks during a meeting with Baltic leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington.

Trump: Russia not pleased with rise of US energy exports

John Siciliano April 3, 2018 6:10 pm

"I think both Mr. Trump and Mrs. Clinton are flawed candidates," said Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Carlos Curbelo becomes the first GOP lawmaker to call for Scott Pruitt’s resignation

Mandy Mayfield April 3, 2018 5:36 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.

EPA lets major refiner skip ethanol mandate

John Siciliano April 3, 2018 5:23 pm

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt departs following a news conference at the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C.

About that call Trump made to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt

Philip Wegmann April 3, 2018 5:16 pm

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt arrives for a news conference on his decision to scrap Obama administration fuel standards.

While media fixate on Scott Pruitt’s living arrangements, his EPA reforms are praiseworthy

Kevin Mooney April 3, 2018 5:09 pm

Newly released footage shows EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt in February 2016 saying he was "concerned" about then-candidate Donald Trump winning the White House. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump defends Pruitt: ‘I hope he’s going to be great’

Gabby Morrongiello April 3, 2018 4:57 pm

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks at a news conference on his decision to scrap Obama administration fuel standards.

EPA’s embattled Scott Pruitt praises Trump as he officially rejects Obama auto rules

Josh Siegel April 3, 2018 4:31 pm