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

Daily on Energy, presented by API: Sanders campaign recruits scientists to defend climate plan as Biden attacks

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith January 27, 2020 5:08 pm

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin leads a meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018, at the Treasury Department in Washington.

‘I stand with Greta’: Mnuchin’s wife Louise Linton defends Greta Thunberg against her husband

Mike Brest January 25, 2020 11:37 pm

Biden swipes Bernie Sanders climate plan: ‘Not a single solitary scientist thinks it will work’

Emily Brooks January 24, 2020 8:23 pm

Daily on Energy: Defending Obama clean water rule rollback will be difficult and costly

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith January 24, 2020 5:30 pm

In this photo,taken Monday, Nov. 2, 2015, vibrant fall colors are shown at Mount Charleston Nevada, which is within the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area of the Humbolt-Toiyabe National Forest.

To combat climate change, House GOP aims for 1 trillion trees

Josh Siegel January 24, 2020 5:00 am

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)

The climate proposal supported by many Republicans and Democrats is an iffy bet

Josh Siegel January 24, 2020 4:00 am

Trump administration rolls back Obama clean water rule

Abby Smith January 23, 2020 6:10 pm

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. works the crowd during an election rally with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on the campus of Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Friday, Nov. 8, 2019.

‘Haters gonna hate & deniers will deny’: AOC defends Greta Thunberg from Mnuchin criticism

Spencer Neale January 23, 2020 5:53 pm

Daily on Energy: Wind and solar industries plan on taking market share regardless of federal policy

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith January 23, 2020 5:24 pm

Electric cars can both make the power grid more resilient and vulnerable, experts say.

Trump Energy Department pushes into cleaner vehicle technologies with $300M grant

Abby Smith January 23, 2020 1:30 pm

In this undated hand out photo from the Rural Fire Service, a C-130 Hercules plane called ÃgThorÃh drops water during a flight in Australia. Officials in Australia on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, searched for a water tanker plane feared to have crashed while fighting wildfires.

‘Heartbreaking’: Three Americans killed in plane crash while battling Australian fires

Spencer Neale January 23, 2020 12:45 pm

Stephen Colbert and Ivanka Trump.

‘She’s elevated awareness’: Ivanka Trump declines to criticize Greta Thunberg

Caitlin Yilek January 22, 2020 8:19 pm