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

This July 17, 2018 photo shows wrapped plastic straws at a bubble tea cafe in San Francisco. Eco-conscious San Francisco joins the city of Seattle in banning plastic straws, along with tiny coffee stirrers and cup pluggers, as part of an effort to reduce plastic waste. It also makes single-use food and drink side items available upon request and phases out the use of fluorinated wrappers and to-go containers.

With plastic straw bans, the nanny state has officially gone too far

Nicole Russell July 26, 2018 5:08 pm

Daily on Energy: Saudis halt shipments through the Red Sea

John Siciliano, Josh Siegel July 26, 2018 3:51 pm

Rick Perry cheers first natural gas export terminal on East Coast

John Siciliano July 26, 2018 3:34 pm

President Donald Trump speaks at the Department of Energy in Washington, Thursday, June 29, 2017.

Trump trade war threatens American energy dominance

Dan K. Eberhart July 26, 2018 4:00 am

In this July 12, 2018 photo, a laborer from the Puerto Rico Power Authority works to restore power in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico's electrical grid is still shaky after Hurricane Irma brushed past the island as a Category 5 storm last Sept. 6 and then Hurricane Maria made a direct hit as a Category 4 storm two weeks later, damaging up to 75 percent of transmission lines.

Trump energy official ‘dismayed’ about ‘politically driven’ response to Puerto Rico’s power problems after hurricane

Josh Siegel July 25, 2018 9:59 pm

EPA’s Wheeler gives a nod to solar energy in marking clean-up plan anniversary

John Siciliano July 25, 2018 9:15 pm

Trump strikes deal with Europe to buy more US energy

John Siciliano July 25, 2018 8:58 pm

California town will jail you for using a plastic straw

Becket Adams July 25, 2018 7:46 pm

Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., are shown above.

Bipartisan Senate duo presses Trump to protect nation’s energy grid from Russia

John Siciliano July 25, 2018 7:09 pm

President Trump (right) meets with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.

Trump expected to discuss ‘energy security’ in talks with European Commission chief

John Siciliano July 25, 2018 6:26 pm

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Greg Walden, R-Ore., a key steward of the House Republican health care bill, laughs with reporters following a House Republican Conference meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 28, 2017. Dealing a serious blow to President Donald Trump's agenda, the Senate early Friday rejected a measure to repeal parts of former President Barack Obama's health care law after a night of high suspense in the U.S. Capitol.

House moves forward on ethanol reform, but no bill yet

John Siciliano July 25, 2018 4:33 pm

Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, is pictured.

Republicans, Democrats agree they ‘can’t wait any longer’ to fix crumbling national parks

Josh Siegel July 25, 2018 3:56 pm