Energy and Environment

After all of the controversy over President Trump's decision to shrink Bears Ears National Monument, not one entity has shown up to file a permit application. The remoteness of the area, combined with the reality that few energy-resource deposits exist, provides extraction companies little to no motivation for developing the area. (U.S. Bureau of Land Management via Wikimedia Commons)

Trump proposal to sell off public lands sparks bipartisan outrage

Callie Patteson · November 12, 2026 4:26 pm

At Constellation's nuclear power plant on Three Mile Island, called the Crane Clean Energy Center, near Middletown, Pa., the cooling towers are reflected in the Susquehanna River.

House advances six bills to expand nuclear energy

KEI-01 at a farm hauling hay

Toyota set for US production of tiny ‘kei’ trucks admired by Trump, with a catch

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) asking questions at a hearing

In first for a GOP senator, Hawley calls for data center moratorium

Governor Gavin Newsom holds still as First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsroom places a voter sticker on his lapel after casting their ballots on Election Day.

Gavin Newsom turns his eye toward Turkey climate summit, slamming Trump for not attending

The commission oversees the nation's wholesale electricity and natural gas markets. It is also critical to getting new interstate gas pipelines built and natural gas export terminals sited. (iStock photo)

Trump seeks to restore nation’s grid watchdog with nominations

John Siciliano May 9, 2017 3:18 pm

The original meeting had been scheduled April 18, but was rescheduled to early May. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

White House advisers cancel climate change meeting for second time

Anna Giaritelli May 9, 2017 3:21 am

Sierra Club asked Inspector General if EPA chief violated the agency's rules for scientific integrity. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

EPA: Shakeup of science advisers is to inject new blood on board

John Siciliano May 8, 2017 10:28 pm

These miners became the victims of the Left's agenda to shut down the business that provided their paychecks. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Mitch McConnell: Health benefits secured for retired miners who suffered under Obama’s War on Coal

Mitch McConnell May 8, 2017 3:13 pm

Former Secretary of State John Kerry, center-left at podium, delivers a speech to the 28th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, in Kigali, Rwanda, on Oct. 14, 2016. Nations strove for a deal to phase out hydrofluorocarbons from air conditioners and refrigerators as part of efforts to fight climate change. (AP Photo)

Supporters of global coolants deal try to stay below Trump’s radar

John Siciliano May 8, 2017 12:00 pm

President Trump is set to convene with week with his senior advisers and members of his Cabinet to hash out a decision on the Paris climate agreement. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Dozens of groups press Trump to exit Paris climate deal

John Siciliano May 8, 2017 9:00 am

Former President Barack Obama is travelling to Italy to speak about climate change and food security. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Obama to speak about climate change in Italy

Daniel Chaitin May 8, 2017 2:12 am

Bret Stephens specifically stated in the piece that he doesn't refuse the idea of climate change, and during an interview Sunday with CNN's Fareed Zakaria, he once again asserted he doesn't deny climate change or "that we need to address it." (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Bret Stephens defends controversial column on climate change as a ‘warning against intellectual hubris’

Daniel Chaitin May 7, 2017 5:00 pm

"If anyone utters the word, 'it's just a theory,' it means they're missing a piece of their education where they do not fully understand what science is and how and why it works," Tyson said. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Electing science skeptics to power threatens ‘informed democracy’

Daniel Chaitin May 7, 2017 3:52 pm

Time is running out for the GOP to use an expedited process to repeal the methane rule. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

GOP split could prevent Senate vote to repeal Obama’s methane rule

Susan Ferrechio May 7, 2017 4:01 am

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks during a press conference where sanctuary cities, which don't arrest or detain immigrants living in the U.S. illegally, and Chicago violence, two issues raised by President Donald Trump, were discussed on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Matt Marton)

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel revives EPA’s deleted climate change page on city website

Mandy Mayfield May 6, 2017 5:01 pm

A number of Democrats had been pressing Pruitt to recuse himself during his long confirmation process. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

EPA’s Pruitt recuses himself from lawsuits opposing Obama rules

John Siciliano May 5, 2017 11:34 pm