Energy and Environment

Congressional Progressive Caucus members.

Progressive Caucus announces opposition to permitting bill over environmental law reforms

Callie Patteson · November 11, 2026 9:48 am

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

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.

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Wind turbines can be seen from Patterson Pass Road in Livermore, California.

Measure to overhaul California’s bedrock environmental law fails

Hillary Clinton said she wants to use more renewable energy and natural gas. (AP Image)

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Kyle Feldscher October 10, 2016 3:16 am

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Kyle Feldscher October 10, 2016 2:01 am

The court rejected a motion to block the Dakota Access pipeline from being constructed in North Dakota. The pipeline has been controversial in recent months due to the objections of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. (AP Photo)

Appeals court denies tribe’s request to stop Dakota Access pipeline

Kyle Feldscher October 10, 2016 12:57 am

The 2000 Democratic nominee will appear at a campaign event with Hillary Clinton in Miami on Tuesday, the Clinton campaign announced Sunday afternoon. (AP Photo)

Al Gore to talk climate change for Hillary in Florida

Daniel Chaitin October 9, 2016 4:45 pm

Pentagon budget should be used to fight climate change, environmentalist says

John Siciliano October 7, 2016 11:48 pm

Majority leader says he will keep fighting Obama's climate agenda even after he's left the Oval Office. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

McConnell: Obama’s climate agenda ‘immoral’

John Siciliano October 7, 2016 10:31 pm

In the case of construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline, the opposition believes they are indeed entitled to their own facts despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. (Erin Lefevre/The Hawk Eye via AP)

Politics trumping law and facts on Dakota Access Pipeline

Craig Stevens October 7, 2016 4:01 am

"This is the insanity of these people — the Left," said former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

‘Elitist Snobs’: Huckabee calls out Obama and DiCaprio on climate

John Siciliano October 7, 2016 12:50 am

Airlines may have to add the cost of emission credits into their ticket prices beginning in 2021, thanks to a new global agreement finalized on Thursday to cut carbon emissions from jet air planes. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Obama agrees to cap-and-trade for airplanes

John Siciliano October 7, 2016 12:03 am

Sea levels are predicted to rise but not enough to drown the Statue of Liberty. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Interior: Sea level rise will leave Statue of Liberty ‘underwater’

Kyle Feldscher October 6, 2016 8:26 pm

The issue of disclosing climate-related risks is receiving more attention as New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman investigates whether Exxon Mobil defrauded its investors based on what it knew about climate change. (AP Photo)

Greens up the ante against fossil fuel firms

John Siciliano October 6, 2016 7:12 pm

Cows, agriculture, landfills, wetlands and fresh waters are responsible for the increase in methane emissions. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Feds say agriculture, not oil and gas, the main culprit for methane spike

Kyle Feldscher October 6, 2016 6:49 pm