Energy and Environment

A person walks a dog past signs about gas, food prices and voting on Nov. 3, 2026 in Dallas, Texas.

Gas prices drop below $4 for first time since July despite inflation

Brady Knox · November 10, 2026 1:10 pm

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

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

** ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND FEB. 10-11 ** Bears fish for salmon at the at McNeil River falls in July 2004. A decision by the Alaska Board of Game opened state lands used by the McNeil River bears near the 114,400-acre sanctuary to hunting as of July 1, 2007 clearing the way for a fall hunt.

Thousands protest Zinke move to expand hunting at wildlife preserves

John Siciliano September 3, 2018 4:00 am

In this July 1, 2010, photo provided by Dominion Resources shows tanks at the Cove Point LNG terminal at Cove Point in Calvert County, Md. The debate over exporting liquefied natural gas is intensifying as the Energy Department considers an array of applications to ship the fuel to Japan, India and other countries where prices are far higher than in the United States. (AP Photo/Dominion Resources)

FERC looks to speed up a dozen natural gas export approvals

John Siciliano August 31, 2018 11:25 pm

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, has celebrated the inclusion of an energy measure in the GOP tax bill that would allow for limited drilling in the 1002 section of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Murkowski's home state.

Lisa Murkowski looks to move soon on Trump’s new national park chief

John Siciliano August 31, 2018 10:07 pm

Daily on Energy: Labor Day weekend’s grizzly bear hunt is off and gas prices are soaring

John Siciliano, Josh Siegel August 31, 2018 4:17 pm

This July 6, 2011, file photo shows a grizzly bear roaming near Beaver Lake in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo.

Judge blocks Labor Day weekend grizzly bear hunts

John Siciliano August 31, 2018 2:20 pm

U.S. President Donald Trump listens during a phone conversation with Enrique Pena Nieto, Mexico's president, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Aug. 27, 2018. TrumpÂ said he would terminate the North American Free Trade Agreement and sign a new trade accord with Mexico, potentially leaving Canada out of the bloc.

Energy industry appears to have dodged a bullet with Trump’s Mexico deal

Josh Siegel August 31, 2018 4:00 am

Energy Secretary Rick Perry speaks during a Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation hearing on infrastructure on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 14, 2018.

EPA, Rick Perry hit with ethanol industry lawsuits

John Siciliano August 30, 2018 8:56 pm

In this photo taken Thursday, June 14, 2018 cars are fueled at Sheetz along the Interstate 85 and 40 corridor near Burlington, N.C.

Consumers face highest Labor Day gas prices in four years

John Siciliano August 30, 2018 7:35 pm

Daily on Energy: First Energy sends a message to Trump in string of coal plant closures

John Siciliano, Josh Siegel August 30, 2018 3:58 pm

Iranian women wear masks to help guard against dangerous levels of air pollution as they walk in the center of the smog-filled capital, Tehran, Iran.

Iran’s emissions surge makes California look good: Study

John Siciliano August 30, 2018 4:00 am

In this 2002 photo, Aluniya Ngulube gathers corn from the scene of an accident where a truck carrying corn had spilled its load on a road in Mumpansha, Zambia.

How progressive neo-colonialism seeks to keep Africans in poverty

Will Coggin August 30, 2018 4:00 am

In this Dec. 4, 2017 file photo, a large field of coal is stored on the property of Dominon Energy's Chesterfield Power station along the James River in Chester, Va. One of the biggest fights at the General Assembly this year is over electric rates and whether most Virginians are paying too much on their monthly bills.

Ohio utility announces coal plant closures with a message for Trump

John Siciliano August 30, 2018 3:28 am