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

Gross crude oil imports grew by 528,000 barrels per day during the first half of 2016, the firt time imports have increased since 2010, according to the Energy Information Administration. (AP Photo)

US imports more crude oil for the first time since 2010

Kyle Feldscher October 21, 2016 8:27 pm

The green group will tell millenials that voting for anyone other than former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is akin to voting for Republican Donald Trump. (AP Photo)

Greens tell millennials voting for a third party is voting for Trump

Kyle Feldscher October 21, 2016 5:38 pm

John Kerry addressed a panel Thursday night at the United Nations in New York at a screening of Leonardo DiCaprio's documentary, a climate change wake-up call named "Before the Flood." (AP Photo)

Kerry plots GOP climate conversion with new DiCaprio film

John Siciliano October 21, 2016 4:12 pm

The Obama administration may be unraveling the very fabric of U.S. democracy by holding up the approval of the Dakota Access oil pipeline after a federal court said it could move ahead, a coalition of diverse industry groups said in a letter sent Thursday night to Attorney General Loretta Lynch and other federal agency officials. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Industry: Obama unraveling rule of law with Dakota Access stoppage

John Siciliano October 21, 2016 10:30 am

Greenwire reported Thursday that two EPA employees were found to be watching and downloading porn at work. (mccready/Flickr)

Report: EPA workers apologize for looking at porn at work

Kyle Feldscher October 20, 2016 9:01 pm

$The Environmental Protection Agency issued new rules Thursday to cut smog-forming ozone emissions from fracking. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)$

EPA issues rules to curb smog from fracking wells

John Siciliano October 20, 2016 6:33 pm

The agency didn't issue a warning for six months after it was able to, the watchdog reported. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya File)

Watchdog: EPA could have declared Flint emergency six months earlier

Kyle Feldscher October 20, 2016 5:38 pm

Utility companies argue that the state's new zero-emission credits are illegal. (iStock photo)

New York’s plan to save nuclear goes to court

John Siciliano October 20, 2016 4:04 pm

Environmentalists were frustrated by the lack of questions in the presidential debates on global warming. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

No climate change questions in debates

Kyle Feldscher October 20, 2016 3:37 am

Trump: Clinton Foundation is ‘a criminal enterprise’

Kyle Feldscher October 20, 2016 2:09 am

"We trade more energy with our neighbors than we trade with the rest of the world combined," Clinton said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Clinton wants a common electrical grid in Western Hemisphere

Kyle Feldscher October 20, 2016 1:37 am

ClearPath Action is one of the only groups that is backing GOP incumbent lawmakers on the down ballot/ (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Clean energy group defends GOP from green attacks

John Siciliano October 19, 2016 10:12 pm