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

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke touted that people are paying less for gas at the pump under the new administration and the president's tax bill. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Ryan Zinke credits Trump with US oil boom, lower fuel prices

John Siciliano February 23, 2018 4:21 pm

Rick Perry said the benefits of the energy boom has to do with President Trump's deregulation agenda, which has gotten government out of the way of industry. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Trump’s energy dominance is about ‘exporting freedom,’ Rick Perry tells CPAC

John Siciliano February 23, 2018 3:39 pm

The Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management announced in December a two-year delay in implementing the Obama administration's rule. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Federal court says Trump must enforce Obama-era methane rule

Josh Siegel February 23, 2018 2:32 pm

Researchers found remains of crocodile-like animals called phytosaurs in an area that President Trump cut off from the Bears Ears National Monument in Utah. "Based on our small, initial excavation, we believe that this 63-meter site may be the densest area of Triassic period fossils in the nation, maybe the world," one researcher said.

Researchers discover fossils in area Trump removed from Bears Ears monument

Josh Siegel February 22, 2018 9:43 pm

Lisa E. Gordon-Hagerty was sworn in as administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration. (@NNSANews/Twitter)

First woman in history takes helm of US nuclear weapons arsenal

John Siciliano February 22, 2018 8:59 pm

Supporters say a vehicle miles traveled tax is more fair than increasing the gasoline tax because it would apply to electric and hybrid vehicles. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Trump administration signals support for mileage tax to pay for infrastructure plan

Josh Siegel February 22, 2018 4:41 pm

Critics have said the study was tainted because it was funded by the country's largest manufacturer of so-called glider trucks. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

University disavows study that supported EPA’s repeal of truck emission standards

Josh Siegel February 22, 2018 4:36 pm

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

Daily on Energy: Cornyn steps up effort on overhauling ethanol mandate

John Siciliano, Josh Siegel February 22, 2018 4:26 pm

The Environmental Protection Agency's acting deputy administrator, Mike Flynn, wrote: "After a long and rewarding career at EPA, I have decided it is time for me to move on, and so I will be retiring from the Agency effective April 3." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Top EPA official Mike Flynn announces plans to retire in April

Diana Stancy Correll February 22, 2018 12:41 am

Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday announced New Jersey would join 15 other states and Puerto Rico in a new coalition of U.S. territories that will abide by the Paris climate agreement President Trump abandoned last year. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

New Jersey joins coalition backing Paris climate change deal

Josh Siegel February 21, 2018 10:52 pm

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said President Trump directed the EPA and the Agriculture Department to sit down with him and the senators to find a regulatory fix. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Ted Cruz pits refinery workers against Wall Street to fix ‘broken’ ethanol mandate

John Siciliano February 21, 2018 9:35 pm

This June 13, 2014 photo, shows construction on a new nuclear reactor at Plant Vogtle power plant in Waynesboro, Ga. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday says Southern Nuclear Co. staff signed off on inspections of equipment and conditions at Plant Vogtle in Georgia that never happened. Southern committed the violations from August to October 2016. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Company building Georgia nuclear reactors faces fines for faked plant inspections

Josh Siegel February 21, 2018 8:22 pm