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

Four things you may have missed in the offshore drilling executive order. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

A deep dive into Trump’s undersea energy order

John Siciliano April 28, 2017 10:05 pm

President Trump signed an executive order Friday that begins a review of all regulations preventing energy development at sea. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump signs order to increase offshore oil drilling

John Siciliano April 28, 2017 4:44 pm

A group of 28 states, and more than 100 industry groups and companies, had sued the EPA over the Clean Power Plan. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Court delivers Trump victory on climate rule

John Siciliano April 28, 2017 4:22 pm

President Trump is mulling whether to exit from the Paris climate change agreement. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Trump mulls exit from Paris climate deal

John Siciliano April 28, 2017 4:04 pm

The order directs the Interior Department to begin a review of drilling policies for the outer-continental shelf. (State Lands Commission via AP)

Trump to sign order to open up more offshore drilling

John Siciliano April 28, 2017 1:00 am

Whitehouse said that Pruitt "has a long record of dark money fundraising and cozy relationships with big, fossil-fuel political donors." (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Trump’s EPA chief cancels GOP fundraiser after ethics complaint

John Siciliano April 27, 2017 8:55 pm

Trump's action contrasts sharply with President George W. Bush's refusal to vacate President Bill Clinton's especially egregious designation of the 1.9 million acre Escalante-Grand Staircase National Monument in Utah. (John Fowler/Creative Commons photo)

Trump is right to break the mold with his review of national monument decrees

William Perry Pendley April 27, 2017 5:09 pm

The letter said that the protests that began April 22, Earth Day, will continue April 29 to mark Trump's 100th day in office to "demand climate protection." (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Former EPA employees find new gigs as Trump protesters

John Siciliano April 27, 2017 4:53 pm

Bill would require 100-percent renewable energy, and no fossil fuels, by 2050. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Bernie Sanders rallies anti-Trump protesters with climate bill

John Siciliano April 27, 2017 4:01 am

A group of House Republicans joined Democrats in pressing President Trump Wednesday not to withdraw from the Paris climate change agreement. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

House Republicans ask Trump not to leave Paris climate deal

John Siciliano April 26, 2017 10:13 pm

British Columbia's premier suggests the ban as retaliation for a new U.S. tariff on Canadian lumber. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Canada looks to ban US coal shipments

John Siciliano April 26, 2017 10:02 pm

Environmentalists not happy with tax plan, while energy industry wants some tax breaks saved. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump’s tax reform outline promises fight over climate, clean energy

John Siciliano April 26, 2017 8:14 pm