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

More than half a decade after a tsunami overwhelmed the Fukushima nuclear power plant, Japan has yet to reach consensus on what to do with 1 million tons of radioactive water. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, Pool, File)

Shutdown of nuclear after Fukushima caused more deaths than the accident itself: Study

Josh Siegel October 28, 2019 3:48 pm

Daily on Energy: Oil considerations swaying Trump’s Syria policy

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith October 25, 2019 4:04 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)

Democrats want to build big renewable power lines. How one project failed

Josh Siegel October 24, 2019 11:00 pm

Daily on Energy: Gas producers look to enlist customers in fighting pipeline bans

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith October 24, 2019 4:05 pm

"Call on Congress to join him in a bipartisan way in supporting the tougher measures we should be taking against Iran," Delaware Sen. Chris Coons, who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, told reporters Tuesday. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Bipartisan Senate climate caucus can’t focus on carbon tax, founders say

Abby Smith October 23, 2019 8:40 pm

Daily on Energy: An exit interview with Francis Rooney, the GOP’s retiring climate hawk

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith October 23, 2019 3:56 pm

‘Climate change is happening’: The storm chaser who defends science in the White House

Rob Crilly October 23, 2019 10:00 am

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler speaks at the National Press Club in Washington, Monday, June 3, 2019.

EPA chief calls Cuomo gas pipeline veto the ‘worst environmental decision’

Abby Smith October 22, 2019 7:39 pm

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks at a news conference after two Senate bills to ending the partial government shutdown failed on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019.

New Senate climate caucus will boast top Energy panel Republican

Abby Smith October 22, 2019 6:53 pm

Andrew Wheeler, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, appears before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018.

EPA chief suggests California environmental rules to blame for wildfire-induced blackouts

Abby Smith October 22, 2019 6:26 pm

Daily on Energy: We could have a huge permafrost problem

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith October 22, 2019 4:49 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang speaks at the Polk County Democrats Steak Fry, in Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2019.

Andrew Yang shames Weather Channel for not including him in climate change special

Daniel Chaitin October 22, 2019 1:25 am