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

Coal ‘biggest loser’ in future power grid, study finds

Josh Siegel June 19, 2018 12:00 pm

States create ‘green banks’ to push renewable energy

John Siciliano June 19, 2018 4:01 am

President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to speak to reporters before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, en route to a campaign rally in Manchester, N.H.

Cash for coal cronies: Trump’s wrongheaded energy directive

Liam Sigaud June 19, 2018 4:00 am

A Norfolk Southern freight train hauling coal makes it way through downtown Pittsburgh.

Big coal utilities on different course than Trump administration

John Siciliano June 19, 2018 12:01 am

Climate change fighters turn to Republicans

John Siciliano June 19, 2018 12:00 am

Trump’s steel tariffs threaten multibillion dollar expansion of US, Canadian pipelines

Josh Siegel June 18, 2018 9:21 pm

The U.S. has become a net oil exporter thanks to the shale boom, but refineries still depend on imports.

The shale revolution is a uniquely American story

Kathleen Hartnett White June 18, 2018 8:11 pm

A motorist drives through a flooded intersection after a spring storm packing heavy rains and hail hit Monday, May 14, 2018, in southeast Denver. The high-powered storm swept over the area and dumped large amounts of marble-sized hail and heavy rain, snarling traffic in densely-populated parts of the metropolitan area.

How to do climate change wrong

Tim Worstall June 18, 2018 5:58 pm

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

Daily on Energy: Is Trump growing more conflicted about Scott Pruitt?

John Siciliano, Josh Siegel June 18, 2018 3:21 pm

China flag waving in sunset.

China targets U.S. energy in tariff counterattack

John Siciliano June 15, 2018 9:39 pm

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt (center) testifies at a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Ethics office wants new scandals added to Pruitt investigation

John Siciliano June 15, 2018 8:01 pm

The tax bill will open part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas drilling.

Oil from Alaskan refuge not coming before 2030, Energy Department says

John Siciliano June 15, 2018 7:22 pm