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

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt (pictured center) leaves after a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Scott Pruitt’s security detail picked up dry cleaning, body lotion

Josh Siegel June 7, 2018 7:59 pm

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt testifies during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Scott Pruitt proposes changing how EPA evaluates cost of carbon pollution

Josh Siegel June 7, 2018 6:57 pm

This Nov. 16, 2015 photo shows a section of the Mississippi Power Co. carbon capture power plant in DeKalb, Miss. Carbon capture entails catching the carbon emissions from a power plant or cement or steel factory and injecting them underground for permanent storage. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Harvard says it found way to cut cost of pulling carbon dioxide from air

John Siciliano June 7, 2018 6:25 pm

Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), listens during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. Pruitt faced intense criticism in his first Senate testimony since a crush of ethical allegations that have put his job in jeopardy.

House appropriators include $50 slap on the wrist for Scott Pruitt

John Siciliano June 6, 2018 10:34 pm

Jim Bridenstine, the new NASA administrator, with his children, Walker, far right, Sarah, center, and Grant, on stage following his swearing-in ceremony, Monday, April 23, 2018, at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Looking on is Bridenstine's wife, Michelle. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump’s NASA chief explains his recent shift on climate change

Melissa Quinn June 6, 2018 9:21 pm

EPA's senior counsel latest Pruitt aide to resign amid flood of departures

Josh Siegel June 6, 2018 8:47 pm

A pedestrian passes in front of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. U.S. President-elect Donald Trump plans to issue some executive orders on inauguration day and may swear in some of his cabinet members, according to Trump's spokesman Sean Spice. But the incoming president will wait until Monday, the first full business day of his presidency, for "a big flurry of activity."

Top Pruitt aide resigns after Trump Hotel mattress story

John Siciliano June 6, 2018 8:01 pm

Daily on Energy: Trump assures GOP ethanol deal good for farmers

John Siciliano, Josh Siegel June 6, 2018 7:20 pm

Scott Pruitt was excited to become a Chick-fil-A owner

John Siciliano June 6, 2018 7:18 pm

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt testifies before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies on budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Democratic rider aimed at Scott Pruitt gets shot down by GOP

John Siciliano June 6, 2018 6:13 pm

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke arrives for a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Special counsel: Ryan Zinke did not violate law in mixing business with politics

John Siciliano June 5, 2018 10:36 pm

EPA discovers company violated lead paint rule by watching TV home repair show

John Siciliano June 5, 2018 7:49 pm