Energy and Environment

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

Measure to overhaul California’s bedrock environmental law fails

Callie Patteson · November 9, 2026 3:00 pm

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

A man holds a "no data center" sign.

Data centers on track to go 1-40 on ballot measures in sign of backlash

Energy and environment graphic.

Incoming Democratic majorities will try to swing pendulum back on clean energy

Producers in the Gulf of Mexico supply about 2 million barrels of oil a day, or 15% of U.S. production.

Industry officials say Trump administration rebuffed requests for oil royalty payment relief

Josh Siegel April 8, 2020 7:27 pm

Daily on Energy: Outside Trump allies warn against oil tariffs

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith April 8, 2020 4:10 pm

US oil production to fall for first time since 2016

Josh Siegel April 7, 2020 5:13 pm

Daily on Energy: Clean energy boosters getting nervous about stimulus timeline

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith April 7, 2020 4:21 pm

Harold Hamm, executive chairman of the Oklahoma City-based shale producer Continental Resources, has encouraged the Commerce Department to initiate a Section 232 investigation into Russia and Saudi Arabia for excessive dumping in oil markets.

Shale billionaire says oil tariffs are Trump’s ‘biggest weapon’

Josh Siegel April 6, 2020 7:48 pm

Daily on Energy: Trump caught in oil industry tug of war

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith April 6, 2020 4:00 pm

Daily on Energy: The reason the US is limited in cutting oil production the way Saudi Arabia can

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith April 3, 2020 4:05 pm

Congress created the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in response to the Arab oil embargo in the 1970s as a way to mitigate supply disruptions.

Trump administration confirms it will rent emergency storage space to oil producers facing historic glut

Josh Siegel April 2, 2020 4:40 pm

President Trump said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin to encourage him to resolve an oil price war with Saudi Arabia.

Trump says Saudi Arabia and Russia to cave in oil price war

Josh Siegel April 2, 2020 2:53 pm

President Trump usually favors low oil prices because of the spillover effect on U.S. drivers, but he has become more sensitive to the idea that current market conditions are âhurtful to one of our biggest industries.â

Trump to meet with oil industry CEOs amid price crash

Josh Siegel April 1, 2020 8:09 pm

Daily on Energy: Trump administration chases backup plan for SPR

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith April 1, 2020 4:10 pm

Trump’s new auto efficiency rule means safer cars and better choices

Brent Bennett April 1, 2020 4:00 pm