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

James Phillips (left) and Chad Cordill (right) use a roof bolting machine to secure with roof of the Sewell "R" coal mine in Yukon, W.Va.

Trump’s EPA takes aim at new swath of Obama-era coal rules

John Siciliano August 29, 2018 10:08 pm

An oil pump jack in a field adjacent to a sub-division near Fredrick, Colo.

Colorado voters to decide whether to ban oil and gas drilling in most of state

Josh Siegel August 29, 2018 9:41 pm

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt listens during a Cabinet meeting.

EPA watchdog to report on former chief Scott Pruitt’s use of round-the-clock security

Josh Siegel August 29, 2018 8:23 pm

OPEC nations have agreed in theory that they need to reduce their production to help boost global oil prices during a meeting in Algeria, but a major disagreement between regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran still may derail any cut.

Trump’s tough Iran sanctions may cause higher oil and gas prices

Josh Siegel August 29, 2018 8:13 pm

Daily on Energy: Iran’s oil exports drop faster than expected under Trump sanctions threat

John Siciliano, Josh Siegel August 29, 2018 3:40 pm

California moves closer to enacting 100 percent renewable energy target

John Siciliano August 29, 2018 1:48 am

Part of President Donald Trump's 160-page budget summary for fiscal year 2019 that deals with the Environmental Protection Agency and that mentions the term "climate change" is photographed in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018. The White Houseâs 2019 spending plan seeks to reduce or eliminate climate science programs across an array of federal agencies, from gutting efforts to track greenhouse gas emissions and research to eliminating funding for five NASA satellites that study the effects of greenhouse gases on the Earth. The term âclimate changeâ is only mentioned once _ in the name of a science program marked for elimination at the EPA.

Pentagon criticizes EPA science proposal

Josh Siegel August 28, 2018 10:10 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2017 file photo, manatees swim with their calves at Blue Spring State Park in Orange City, Fla. According to Florida wildlife officials, there have been more manatee deaths so far in 2018 than all of last year. A total of 540 manatees have died through Aug. 12, whereas 538 died in 2017. Experts blame a cold snap at the beginning of the year and the toxic red tide algae in the Gulf of Mexico for the fatalities. About 100 deaths are blamed on red tide.

Bill Nelson warns that Florida faces plague-like conditions from toxic algae blooms

John Siciliano August 28, 2018 9:58 pm

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at an event.

Texas sues Trump EPA for declaring San Antonio’s ozone pollution levels too high

Josh Siegel August 28, 2018 7:27 pm

Daily on Energy: Utility industry descends on Washington with an ax to grind

Daily on Energy: California climate change report predicts worse wildfires

John Siciliano, Josh Siegel August 28, 2018 3:52 pm

Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to meet France's President Emmanuel Macron after the "Tech for Good" Summit at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Wednesday, May 23, 2018.

Facebook promises to use 100 percent renewable energy by 2020

Josh Siegel August 28, 2018 3:32 pm

Firefighters monitor a backfire while battling the Ranch Fire, part of the Mendocino Complex Fire near Ladoga, Calif.

California report predicts doubling of wildfires, made worse by climate change

Josh Siegel August 28, 2018 2:33 pm