Energy and Environment

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

Callie Patteson · November 9, 2026 7:10 pm

Lee, Moore Capito, Whitehouse, and Heinrich.

Major bill to cut red tape for energy projects clears Senate hurdle

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

Measure to overhaul California’s bedrock environmental law fails

Newly elected Democratic governors in Texas, Gina Hinojosa in the big frame on right, Ohio, showing Amy Acton, top left, and Georgia Gov.-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms, bottom left.

Data centers face uphill battle with incoming Democratic governors

A construction worker walks past signs about gas, food prices, and voting in Dallas.

GOP loss culprit? Trump dismal approval ratings track gas prices almost 1-for-1

Republicans and Democrats are more divided over the issue of climate change going into the November election, but support more wind and solar. (iStock Photo)

It isn’t only climate change making the Western wildfires worse

Abby Smith September 18, 2020 3:00 am

Daily on Energy, presented by National Clean Energy Week: Trump says ‘no politics’ in the Pebble Mine review

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith September 17, 2020 4:25 pm

Doubling down on climate change and censorship

Caleb Rossiter, Patrick Michaels September 17, 2020 4:00 am

In this Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018 photo, California Gov. Jerry Brown talks during an interview in Sacramento, California.

Jerry Brown brushes off Californians leaving state amid wildfires: Climate change problems are ‘everywhere’

Emma Colton September 16, 2020 7:55 pm

Daily on Energy: Big business embraces carbon pricing

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith September 16, 2020 4:57 pm

Hillary Clinton has sought to distance herself from Walmart's Walton family in recent years and has returned donations from the company in the past after they became controversial. (AP Photo)

Big-business CEOs back price on carbon emissions

Abby Smith September 16, 2020 2:21 pm

Hurricane Sally blasts ashore in Alabama with punishing rain

Associated Press September 16, 2020 11:10 am

Daily on Energy: The case for tripling federal spending on energy innovation

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith September 15, 2020 4:48 pm

Hurricane Sally slows, gathering a deluge for Gulf Coast

Associated Press September 15, 2020 1:36 pm

In this image taken with a slow shutter speed, embers light up a hillside behind the Bidwell Bar Bridge as the Bear Fire burns in Oroville, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020.

Trump says world will ‘start getting cooler’ as Biden criticizes him as a ‘climate arsonist’

Abby Smith September 14, 2020 8:43 pm

Oct 6, 2020; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; U.S. Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz. prepares to debate Democratic challenger Mark Kelly at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University.

Slow-moving Hurricane Sally bringing a deluge to Gulf Coast

Associated Press September 14, 2020 6:16 pm

Daily on Energy: Western wildfires rise to the top of the presidential campaign agenda

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith September 14, 2020 4:39 pm