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.

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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.

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Wind turbines can be seen from Patterson Pass Road in Livermore, California.

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Tom Kuhn noted the major reductions in electricity rates that many of his member companies have announced over the last month. (Image courtesy screenshot)

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A group of bipartisan governors want a tax credit for technologies used at coal plants and other fossil-fueled facilities to cut carbon dioxide emissions, called carbon capture. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Energy governors press Congress to back climate-friendly technologies that help coal, oil

John Siciliano February 7, 2018 7:30 pm

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to complete designations for all of the non-compliant areas that do not meet its ozone rules no later than April 30, the agency announced in the Federal Register Thursday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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John Siciliano, Josh Siegel February 7, 2018 4:25 pm

"It appears from the analysis conducted by my staff that EPA is either not awarding the money Congress appropriated, or it is not reporting this data to the publicly searchable database as required by law, or both," Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., wrote to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Sen. Tom Carper, EPA spar over climate grant program

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"Interior is committed to working with all parties, to include current or any future owners, to keep the [Navajo Generating Station] operational in support of good-paying tribal jobs," Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said in a statement Tuesday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

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New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman characterized President Trump's decision to block the payments to insurers as "unacceptable, cruel, and it's unlawful." (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

New York leads states in lawsuit against Trump administration for delaying ‘Waters of the US’ rule

Josh Siegel February 6, 2018 7:14 pm

The Energy Information Administration's 2018 annual energy outlook released Tuesday says it "projects that the U.S. will become a net energy exporter by 2022" of fossil fuels like crude oil and natural gas. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Exports expected to soar as US energy demand remains flat

John Siciliano February 6, 2018 6:53 pm

Nuclear power, which is carbon-free, supplies 20 percent of the country's electricity. (iStock photo)

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Josh Siegel February 6, 2018 5:46 pm

Congress created the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in response to the Arab oil embargo in the 1970s as a way to mitigate supply disruptions.

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Josh Siegel February 6, 2018 4:49 pm

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Smoke stacks and buildings at sunset.

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