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

Why the Left will hate Andrew Wheeler at EPA even more than Scott Pruitt

Erin Dunne July 6, 2018 12:18 am

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt pauses while speaking as he testifies before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing.

Video killed the EPA star

Matthew Felling July 5, 2018 11:41 pm

President Trump listens as then-EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks about the U.S. role in the Paris climate change accord, Thursday, June 1, 2017, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington.

Trump says Pruitt resigned on his own to avoid becoming ‘a distraction’

Josh Siegel July 5, 2018 10:11 pm

Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, listens during a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C., on April 26, 2018.

GOP’s ethanol supporters relieved by Pruitt resignation

John Siciliano July 5, 2018 10:06 pm

Meet Andrew Wheeler, Scott Pruitt’s replacement at EPA who could be long for the job

Josh Siegel July 5, 2018 10:06 pm

Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks at the first New Way California Summit, a political committee eager to reshape the state GOP, at the Hollenbeck Youth Center in Los Angeles.

Arnold Schwarzenegger: Scott Pruitt ‘will go down in history books’ as ‘the worst’ EPA chief ever

Caitlin Yilek July 5, 2018 9:53 pm

Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, stands for a photograph after an interview in his office.

Scott Pruitt was seduced by the perks of power

Philip Wegmann July 5, 2018 9:34 pm

Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, listens during a Cabinet meeting.

Don’t throw Scott Pruitt to the partisan wolves

Tom Rogan July 5, 2018 9:15 pm

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks at a news conference at the Environmental Protection Agency.

Scott Pruitt blames ‘unrelenting attacks’ for his demise

Josh Siegel July 5, 2018 8:46 pm

Scott Pruitt resigned as new allegations over EPA firings surfaced

John Siciliano July 5, 2018 8:43 pm

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt testifies before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Capitol Hill on May 16, 2018.

Democrats say ‘good riddance’ to Scott Pruitt

Laura Barrón-López July 5, 2018 8:43 pm

A worker runs a miner machine at a coal mine in Friedens, Pa., Wednesday, June 7, 2017. Corsa Coal Corp. says the mine will create 70 to 100 new jobs and produce some 400,000 tons of metallurgical coal a year. President Donald Trump referred to the mine's opening during a speech announcing his intent to withdraw from the Paris climate accords.

Trump’s coal plan would boost mining jobs, but also premature deaths, says new study

John Siciliano July 5, 2018 8:25 pm