Energy and Environment

Congressional Progressive Caucus members.

Progressive Caucus announces opposition to permitting bill over environmental law reforms

Callie Patteson · November 11, 2026 9:48 am

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

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

People walk into the south portal of Yucca Mountain during a congressional tour of the proposed radioactive waste dump near Mercury, Nev. Nevada's Board of Examiners has approved a $5.1 million contract with an outside legal team to help fight President Trump's proposal to restart the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

The quiet fight to finally send nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain

Susan Ferrechio March 13, 2018 5:01 am

In February 2016, a special interest group filed a lawsuit in Missouri asking a federal court to order an all-too-willing EPA to promulgate new rules for nutrients in Missouri lakes. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

So long to ‘sue and settle’ at the EPA

Ben Hurst March 13, 2018 5:01 am

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, an independent government agency that approves and regulates the interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas, and crude oil, has been characteristically tight-lipped since it announced in December its plan to take a "fresh look" how it issues permits for pipelines. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Pipeline approvals get a fresh look

Josh Siegel March 13, 2018 5:01 am

President Trump is seen along the West Wing Colonnade at the White House in Washington, D.C.

Rick Santorum: Stop the attacks on farmers, homegrown energy

Rick Santorum March 13, 2018 4:00 am

House panel investigating Puerto Rico’s power authority for corruption

Josh Siegel March 12, 2018 9:55 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 24, 1992 file photo, a sailboat sits on a sidewalk at Dinner Key in Miami after it was washed ashore by Hurricane Andrew. Global warming is rapidly turning America into a stormy and dangerous place, with rising seas and disasters upending lives from flood-stricken Florida to the wildfire-ravaged West, the National Climate Assessment concluded Tuesday, May 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)

National Academies give thumbs up to climate report once thought to be suppressed by Trump

John Siciliano March 12, 2018 8:08 pm

The Los Angeles skyline obscured by a heavy layer of smog and fog. (AP Photo/Jerome T. Nakagawa)

Federal judge orders EPA to designate areas with unsafe smog

Josh Siegel March 12, 2018 7:57 pm

More than half a decade after a tsunami overwhelmed the Fukushima nuclear power plant, Japan has yet to reach consensus on what to do with 1 million tons of radioactive water. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, Pool, File)

US hardens nation’s power plants seven years after Fukushima nuclear disaster

John Siciliano March 11, 2018 4:01 am

The nation's federally overseen grid operators, which run about 70 percent of the U.S. power supply, faced a Friday deadline to report to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on the state of the electricity system's resilience. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, file)

Power grid operators say they can meet customers’ energy needs

Josh Siegel March 9, 2018 11:19 pm

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, says President Trump's steel tariffs could add $500 million to the cost of a planned export terminal. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Lisa Murkowski says Trump’s steel tariffs could jack up cost of Alaska natural gas project

Josh Siegel March 9, 2018 7:46 pm

Studies commissioned by the American Petroleum Institute project the Atlantic could see $260 billion in new economic activity, while the Pacific can earn $160 billion in offshore drilling. (Bloomberg Photo)

Offshore drilling worth $590 billion in economic boom, oil industry says

Josh Siegel March 9, 2018 7:16 pm

Under the Interior Department's proposed plan, areas offshore of New York would be opened to leasing for oil and gas development for the first time in decades. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

New York threatens to sue over Ryan Zinke’s offshore drilling plan

Josh Siegel March 9, 2018 6:52 pm