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

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump to direct EPA to speed up regulation repeal to spur economic growth

Gabby Morrongiello April 12, 2018 2:20 pm

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, speaks with reporters during a vote on the confirmation of Samuel Brownback, governor of Kansas and a former U.S. senator, to become the ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2018.

Lamar Alexander blames ‘gremlin’ for bad Trump policy on electricity

John Siciliano April 11, 2018 11:32 pm

Army Corps says Puerto Rico power grid in ‘much better condition,’ but 50,000 still in dark

Josh Siegel April 11, 2018 10:26 pm

Energy Secretary Rick Perry

Rick Perry takes Trump’s clean coal agenda to India

John Siciliano April 11, 2018 9:02 pm

Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing.

Trey Gowdy: EPA has failed to produce all documents on Scott Pruitt travel

Josh Siegel April 11, 2018 8:28 pm

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke testifies before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources during a committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Interior watchdog comes up empty on lawfulness of Ryan Zinke’s employee transfers

John Siciliano April 11, 2018 7:40 pm

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke testifies before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources during a committee hearing on the President's Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2019, Tuesday, March 13, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Ryan Zinke blasts ‘misleading’ scrutiny of his spending, travel

Josh Siegel April 11, 2018 4:28 pm

In this photo, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke speaks to reporters. The secretary noted there is "a lot of opposition" on the east and west coasts to President Trump's offshore oil and gas drilling plan.

Ryan Zinke assures lawmakers he is scaling back massive offshore drilling plan

Josh Siegel April 11, 2018 4:24 pm

Daily on Energy: Democrats try to keep pressure on Scott Pruitt

John Siciliano, Josh Siegel April 11, 2018 4:24 pm

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington.

Democrats predict imminent firing of EPA chief Scott Pruitt

John Siciliano April 11, 2018 4:00 pm

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra speaks at a news conference.

California sues EPA for easing rules on ‘major’ polluters

Josh Siegel April 10, 2018 9:20 pm

Electricity customers want competition

Devin Hartman, Caitlin Marquis, John Hughes, owen-kean April 10, 2018 8:56 pm