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

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt reportedly avoids using email, and employees who meet with him are told to leave behind their cellphones.

Scott Pruitt wanted to use sirens in DC traffic for non-emergency

Tristan Justice April 5, 2018 8:18 pm

Maria Cantwell and Ryan Zinke.

Democrat calls on Ryan Zinke to kill his plan to boost national park fees

John Siciliano April 5, 2018 7:48 pm

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt talks during a hearing.

Democratic senators Udall, Heinrich call on Pruitt to resign

Mandy Mayfield April 5, 2018 7:45 pm

The Capitol Hill condo building where Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has stayed in Washington, Friday, March 30, 2018.

Scott Pruitt’s condo lease initially listed energy lobbyist as landlord

Josh Siegel April 5, 2018 6:07 pm

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt arrives to testify before the Senate Environment Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. Committee member Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., is on the left.

Trump still has confidence in EPA chief amid series of scandals

Sarah Bedford April 5, 2018 5:26 pm

In this Jan. 18, 2010 photo, a soldier from the Canadian Army Reservists attached to Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry is seen silhouetted as his unit carry out an information gathering patrol in Kandahar City, southern Afghanistan. If the push to electrify Kandahar City succeeds, the potential payoff is great. It would mean lights in the streets at night, access to news broadcasts and the opportunity to grow Kandahar into a manufacturing hub that can compete with neighboring Pakistan.

US spent $60 million on faulty power lines in Afghanistan

Travis J. Tritten April 5, 2018 4:03 pm

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt arrives to testify before the Senate Environment Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. Committee member Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., is on the left.

Conservative senators race to EPA chief Scott Pruitt’s defense

Josh Siegel April 5, 2018 3:35 pm

The Capitol Hill condo building where Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has stayed in Washington, Friday, March 30, 2018.

Top EPA ethics official had incomplete info when ruling on Scott Pruitt’s condo deal

Josh Siegel April 5, 2018 2:12 pm

EPA’s free pass for refiners could land it in court

John Siciliano April 4, 2018 11:43 pm

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks at a news conference at the Environmental Protection Agency.

White House reviewing Scott Pruitt’s condo deal, takes situation ‘seriously’

Josh Siegel April 4, 2018 8:33 pm

Former Texas Comptroller Susan Combs leaves Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla.

Criticism grows over Ryan Zinke’s pick to head wildlife service

John Siciliano April 4, 2018 8:03 pm

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt attends a news conference at the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, Tuesday, April 3, 2018, on his decision to scrap Obama administration fuel standards.

Scott Pruitt says he killed pay raises for staffers, didn’t know about them

Josh Siegel April 4, 2018 6:42 pm