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

"Hillary Clinton has convincingly made the case that she knows how to get things done and has the tenacity and skill to advance the Democratic agenda," Brown wrote in an open letter on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

California Gov. Jerry Brown denounces ‘outlaw’ Scott Pruitt: He’s ‘got to go’

Josh Siegel May 1, 2018 6:47 pm

This photo shows a portion of a steel border fence that stretches along the US-Mexico border in Sunland Park, N.M.

Environmental group marks 68th lawsuit against Trump

John Siciliano May 1, 2018 6:32 pm

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra discusses about a lawsuit during a press conference.

California, 17 other states sue Trump administration for rejecting Obama’s auto rules

Josh Siegel May 1, 2018 6:19 pm

EPA targets California as big polluter under Obama-era ozone rules

John Siciliano May 1, 2018 5:29 pm

Climate group raising money to carve Trump’s face into Arctic ice

Mandy Mayfield May 1, 2018 5:15 pm

Daily on Energy: Scott Pruitt’s security, Superfund chiefs out at EPA

John Siciliano, Josh Siegel May 1, 2018 5:00 pm

Two EPA officials close to Scott Pruitt resign under scrutiny

Josh Siegel May 1, 2018 3:06 pm

FERC picks clean energy turf battle with states, utilities

John Siciliano May 1, 2018 4:00 am

States picking up clean coal and they’re running with it

John Siciliano May 1, 2018 4:00 am

Former top EPA staffer says Scott Pruitt ‘bald faced’ lied to Congress

Josh Siegel April 30, 2018 11:27 pm

Senators increase pressure on Scott Pruitt to fulfill Trump’s ethanol pledge

John Siciliano April 30, 2018 10:10 pm

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt arrives to testify on the EPA FY2019 budget at a House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, April 26, 2018.

Democrats accuse Scott Pruitt of misleading them about plan to weaken fuel-efficiency rules

Josh Siegel April 30, 2018 10:01 pm