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

Gas is pumped into vehicles at a BP gas station in Hoboken, N.J.

Trump administration hails ‘productive’ talks with California on fuel-efficiency rules

John Siciliano May 23, 2018 11:26 pm

Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., speaks about EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and the state of the EPA during a protest by the American Federation of Government Employees union, Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in Washington.

Staff of Democrat who represents Flint barred from attending part of EPA’s summit on chemicals

Josh Siegel May 23, 2018 10:27 pm

EPA-media war enters Day 2

Eddie Scarry May 23, 2018 7:45 pm

A tractor and a trailer sit near an out building on a small farm in Lower Alloways Creek Township, N.J., in rural Salem County.

New Jersey governor signs law to save nuclear plants

Josh Siegel May 23, 2018 5:31 pm

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

Daily on Energy: Will Scott Pruitt hand out ethanol waivers against Trump’s wishes?

John Siciliano, Josh Siegel May 23, 2018 5:01 pm

Chuck Grassley blasts EPA’s ‘broken’ ethanol waivers for big refiners

John Siciliano May 23, 2018 4:12 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill.

Chuck Schumer: Trump’s tax cuts canceled out by high gas prices

John Siciliano May 23, 2018 3:32 pm

A single-comb white leghorn chicken looks out of its cage while on display at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Ethanol ‘fix’ could break America’s chicken farmers

Washington Examiner May 23, 2018 12:00 am

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee member Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio holds up a security form as he asks questions during the committee's hearing on recent cyber attacks at OPM, Wednesday, June 24, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The OPM is under fire for allowing its databases to be plundered by suspected Chinese cyberspies in what is being called one of the worst breaches in U.S. history.

Ohio Republican Mike Turner urges HHS to release study on dangerous chemicals after EPA refuses to

Josh Siegel May 22, 2018 9:02 pm

Dr. Herbert Hodes

White House ‘looking into’ EPA barring reporters from summit

John Siciliano May 22, 2018 8:10 pm

BP announced it intends to not renew its membership in the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, Western Energy Alliance, and Western States Petroleum Association.

BP ends projects in Iran after US threatens sanctions

Katelyn Caralle May 22, 2018 7:14 pm

Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich., speaks about EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and the state of the EPA during a protest by the American Federation of Government Employees union, Wednesday, April 25, 2018, in Washington.

Michigan’s Dan Kildee blasts Scott Pruitt for refusing to release study on dangerous chemicals

Josh Siegel May 22, 2018 7:03 pm