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 agency asked for less money but is shifting more focus to clean water and drinking water funds. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

EPA budget includes $2 billion to update water systems in wake of Flint crisis

Kyle Feldscher February 9, 2016 11:08 pm

The agency's fiscal 2017 budget request drives up programming funds to reduce the cost of solar and wind energy by 30 percent, while cutting money for coal, oil and natural gas programs by 5 percent said Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz. (AP Photo)

Energy budget pumps up renewables at expense of coal

John Siciliano February 9, 2016 11:08 pm

The effects of a $10 tax on crude oil would be vast, according to the Congressional Research Service. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Report: Obama’s oil tax could slow economic growth

Kyle Feldscher February 9, 2016 7:20 pm

The biggest piece of Obama's climate spending proposal comes from a $2 billion fund to help coastal communities deal with sea-level rise. (AP file photo/Andrew Harnik)

White House seeks billions for Arctic climate change response

John Siciliano February 9, 2016 2:37 pm

The state energy officials and the National Association of Clean Air Agencies with the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners form what they call the "3N" collaborative on the Clean Power Plan. EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, above, will speak at 3N's event later this week. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

State energy officials converge on Washington for budget rollout

John Siciliano February 9, 2016 5:01 am

President Obama's new greenhouse gas emissions standards would apply to new aircraft and those in production. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama to set first-ever climate rules for airlines

John Siciliano February 8, 2016 11:55 pm

"You'd think ... someone would have taken some time to think it through," said API President Jack Gerard. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Oil industry: Obama plan to tax oil makes no sense

Kyle Feldscher February 8, 2016 9:22 pm

Our country's record-setting energy revolution -- and the quantities of electricity, jobs, economic growth, government revenue, and lower consumer costs that it has spearheaded -- depends on our ability to employ an all-of-the-above energy approach that utilizes every resource available to us, onshore and off. (AP file photo/Elaine Thompson)

It’s time to speak up for safe offshore development

Michael Zehr February 8, 2016 2:41 pm

Protesters carry signs along the roadway leading to Dominion Virginia Power's annual meeting in Richmond, Va. Protesters are trying to block the construction of a natural gas pipeline through rural Virginia. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Big pipeline brawls brewing in 2016

John Siciliano February 8, 2016 5:01 am

Cruz thumps chest over ethanol and gets zinged by Trump

John Siciliano February 7, 2016 4:44 am

Trump: Forget climate change, ‘knock the hell out of the oil’

John Siciliano February 7, 2016 3:10 am

"The budget I will send to Congress this Tuesday will double funding for clean energy research and development by 2020," Obama said. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Obama ramps up spending on clean energy

Kyle Feldscher February 6, 2016 11:00 am