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

A motorist fills up with gasoline containing ethanol.

EPA stokes ethanol industry’s ire with new 2019 fuel targets

John Siciliano June 26, 2018 6:25 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 22, 2014 file photo, an Iranian oil worker rides his bicycle at the Tehran oil refinery, south of the capital Tehran, Iran. State-run Press TV quoted the Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh on Sunday, March 13, 2016, saying that U.S. companies are welcome to invest in Iran's oil and gas industry. The TV report said Zangeneh also asked the German company Siemens executives to invest in Iran's oil and gas industry.

Oil prices rise as Trump administration warns of sanctions for countries that buy Iran’s crude

Josh Siegel June 26, 2018 5:27 pm

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

Daily on Energy: Rick Perry criticizes ‘stubborn opposition’ to fossil fuels

John Siciliano, Josh Siegel June 26, 2018 3:45 pm

Michael Wirth, vice chairman of Chevron Corp., speaks during a panel discussion at the Gastech Exhibition & Conference in Chiba, Japan, on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. The global gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) conference will continue until April 7.

Oil and gas chiefs: Trump’s trade agenda a ‘drag’ on economic growth

Josh Siegel June 26, 2018 3:25 pm

Energy Secretary Rick Perry

Rick Perry condemns ‘stubborn opposition’ to fossil fuels

Josh Siegel June 26, 2018 2:29 pm

A U.S. judge has thrown out the underlying lawsuits that sought to hold big oil companies liable for the role of fossil fuels in the Earth's warming environment. Judge William Alsup in San Francisco said Monday that Congress and the president, not a federal judge, were best suited to address fossil fuels' contribution to global warming.

Judge dismisses California climate lawsuits in victory for energy companies

John Siciliano June 26, 2018 12:27 pm

Why Trump is going national with bid to save coal, nuclear

Josh Siegel June 26, 2018 4:01 am

The flag of the French oil giant Total SA is seen in the La Defense building complex in Puteaux, west of Paris, Tuesday Feb 5, 2013.

France’s largest oil company mulled asking EPA for a ‘hardship’ waiver

John Siciliano June 26, 2018 1:18 am

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

Pennsylvania Republican says ‘yes’ to Pruitt’s ouster

John Siciliano June 25, 2018 7:05 pm

Rick Perry OK with being ‘punching bag’ for saving coal, nuclear plants

Josh Siegel June 25, 2018 5:40 pm

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

Daily on Energy: Europe tries to patch up energy relations with US

John Siciliano, Josh Siegel June 25, 2018 3:40 pm

The Public Service Company of New Hampshire's Merrimack Station in Bow, N.H., is shown on Jan. 23. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

American natural gas is fueling the world's future

Rick Perry June 25, 2018 2:06 pm