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

Chevron expands in oil-rich Permian Basin with $33B Anadarko takeover

James Langford April 12, 2019 5:59 pm

Daily on Energy: Industry looks to small ‘plug and play’ power plants as the future of nuclear

John Siciliano, Josh Siegel April 12, 2019 3:56 pm

Taurice Jones inspects steel pipes as part of quality control at the Borusan Mannesmann plant in Baytown, Texas.

Trump takes shot at shareholder climate change advocacy with pipeline order

Josh Siegel April 12, 2019 4:05 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)

GOP climate hawk Francis Rooney fights the ‘political winds’

Josh Siegel April 12, 2019 4:00 am

Acting Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt speaks during a White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council meeting with President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Thursday, April 4, 2019, in Washington.

Senate confirms former lobbyist to carry out Trump’s energy agenda as interior secretary

John Siciliano April 11, 2019 6:30 pm

Daily on Energy: Chamber launches major campaign to get in front of the Green New Deal

John Siciliano, Josh Siegel April 11, 2019 4:18 pm

Trump’s Interior pick advances to final confirmation vote

John Siciliano April 11, 2019 12:01 am

In this Tuesday, March 26, 2019 photo, Eddie Cartwright finishes gassing up a pick-up in South Mills, N.C.

Feds say high fuel prices will fall, but not for months

John Siciliano April 10, 2019 11:18 pm

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, an independent government agency that approves and regulates the interstate transmission of electricity, natural gas, and crude oil, has been characteristically tight-lipped since it announced in December its plan to take a "fresh look" how it issues permits for pipelines. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Trump escalates war on states’ environmental powers with order to spur pipelines

Josh Siegel April 10, 2019 9:45 pm

Daily on Energy: Trump’s energy dominance agenda hinges on Egypt

John Siciliano, Josh Siegel April 10, 2019 3:59 pm

An operator moves a bulldozer along a section of assembled pipe lined up along a cleared section of woods where a pipeline for shale gas is under construction in Jackson Township, Pa.

Trump to issue executive order limiting states’ power to block pipelines

Josh Siegel April 10, 2019 12:00 am

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry has tried to keep alive the prospect of a carbon tax, but President Joe Biden is not currently pursuing the policy.

John Kerry: AOC offered ‘more leadership in one day’ on climate change than Trump in a lifetime

Caitlin Yilek April 9, 2019 6:57 pm