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

Climate activist Greta Thunberg adjusts the headphones during a press conference in Madrid, Friday Dec. 6, 2019. Thunberg arrived in Madrid Friday to join thousands of other young people in a march to demand world leaders take real action against climate change.

‘You haven’t seen anything yet!’: Greta Thunberg warns world leaders at Davos

Spencer Neale January 17, 2020 6:10 pm

Daily on Energy: Buttigieg rules out new nuclear

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith January 17, 2020 4:52 pm

Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, set a new goal Wednesday of closing all remaining U.S. coal plants.

Bloomberg aims to end sale of gas-fueled vehicles by 2035

Josh Siegel January 17, 2020 2:00 pm

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)

China coal additions are key source of emissions, and America is doing almost nothing about it

Abby Smith January 17, 2020 4:00 am

Daily on Energy: Oil and gas temper expectations for ‘phase one’ China deal

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith January 16, 2020 5:07 pm

Daily on Energy: Klobuchar faces backlash over natural gas

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith January 15, 2020 5:22 pm

The last five years are hottest of the past 140 years, new data shows.

NASA: 2019 was the second-hottest year ever recorded

Josh Siegel January 15, 2020 4:26 pm

Bernie Sanders says no trade deals without fossil fuel-slashing provisions

Abby Smith January 15, 2020 2:55 am

Daily on Energy: Senate Democrats complain about USMCA but vote for it anyway

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith January 14, 2020 5:11 pm

A pedestrian enters BlackRock Park Avenue Plaza in New York.

Investment giant BlackRock pledges to make climate change central to its strategy

Josh Siegel January 14, 2020 2:11 pm

Rep. Frank Pallone, Democrat of New Jersey, is the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

House Democrats risk reviving the politics that doomed cap and trade with new climate plan

Abby Smith January 14, 2020 12:00 am

Daily on Energy: Analysis of Northeast regional cap and trade program illustrates the jobs problem

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith January 13, 2020 5:51 pm