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

Trump targets oceans for development

John Siciliano June 1, 2018 10:45 pm

Energy Secretary Rick Perry

Trump orders Rick Perry to save coal, nuclear plants

John Siciliano June 1, 2018 8:20 pm

Joni Ernst: Trump’s ethanol fix not a done deal

John Siciliano June 1, 2018 8:06 pm

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

White House mulls coal, nuclear bailout as industry threatens lawsuits

John Siciliano June 1, 2018 6:05 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, Wednesday, May 16, 2018. Pruitt goes before a Senate panel Wednesday as he faces a growing number of federal ethics investigations over his lavish spending on travel and security.

EPA bought 12 customized pens for $1,560

Melissa Quinn June 1, 2018 5:28 pm

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

Daily on Energy: White House readies plan to bail out coal, nuclear plants

John Siciliano, Josh Siegel June 1, 2018 4:28 pm

Pope Francis sits during his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican.

Pope Francis to host oil executives to talk about combating climate change

Naomi Lim June 1, 2018 1:18 pm

EPA’s Science Advisory Board rebukes Pruitt over rule combating ‘secret science’

Josh Siegel June 1, 2018 12:18 am

White House: Trump won’t back down on Paris climate deal

John Siciliano May 31, 2018 10:26 pm

Oil industry ‘deeply discouraged’ by Trump’s new tariffs

John Siciliano May 31, 2018 9:28 pm

Electric vehicles don’t mean the end of oil

Mark J. Perry May 31, 2018 8:42 pm

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

Daily on Energy: EPA opens first science board meeting to public, press

John Siciliano, Josh Siegel May 31, 2018 6:42 pm