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

An economic adviser to Donald Trump said he wants the Republican nominee to "stress the energy stuff" and said the Sierra Club would be "a big loser" if the real estate mogul is elected. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Adviser wants Trump to push ‘the energy stuff’

Kyle Feldscher September 7, 2016 8:49 pm

Last year's Gold King Mine spill in Silverton, Colo., sent 3 million gallons of contaminated wastewater into creeks and rivers, sullying the waterways of three Western states. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

EPA puts site of Colo. mine disaster on Superfund list

John Siciliano September 7, 2016 7:27 pm

Former dry-cleaning shop among sites proposed for the Superfund cleanup list. (AP Photo/Gary Walts)

EPA takes aim at abandoned dry cleaners

John Siciliano September 7, 2016 7:11 pm

The Environmental Protection Agency finalized the updated rules after a long series a court actions, stays, changes and reversals that go back to President Obama's first term in office. (iStock photo)

EPA aims to protect East Coast from western polluters

John Siciliano September 7, 2016 6:29 pm

Rep. Pete Olson, a four-term congressman from the Houston area, had been serving as vice chairman of the subcommittee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Texas Republican takes on leadership role in House energy committee

Kyle Feldscher September 7, 2016 6:02 pm

Man-made climate change increased the chances of the "torrential rains" by at least 40 percent, NOAA said. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)

Feds tie Louisiana floods to climate change

John Siciliano September 7, 2016 4:54 pm

"This bill brings much needed modernization to our antiquated offshore leasing processes," despite the Obama administration's desire to eliminate all offshore drilling, said Natural Resources Committee chief Rob Bishop, R-Utah. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House passes bill to move oil sales to the Internet

John Siciliano September 7, 2016 12:20 am

The federal government on Tuesday announced the removal of the humpback whale from the endangered species list. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

NOAA removes humpback from endangered list

John Siciliano September 6, 2016 8:46 pm

The League of Conservation Voters Victory Fund announced it would spend the six-figure sum running ads against Rep. Joe Heck. (AP Photo)

Green group targets Nevada Republican in tight Senate race

Kyle Feldscher September 6, 2016 5:46 pm

Rep. Lamar Smith said Obama's decision to join a foreign deal without Congress' OK is "all pain and no gain." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP lawmaker accuses Obama of burying climate deal signing

Kyle Feldscher September 6, 2016 3:10 pm

Hillary Clinton speaks with local steel workers and civic leaders during a campaign stop at Alma's Italian Cafe in Ashland, Ky., on May 2. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP)

Shouldn’t Clinton be honest with coal country?

Kyle Feldscher September 6, 2016 4:01 am

A Sept. 1 letter spells out a "shocking pattern of willful dereliction of federal responsibility" by EPA Regional 2 Administrator Judith Enck, who in newly released documents was dismissive of the group's concerns, saying the agency took care of the problem over the last decade. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

Puerto Rico demands EPA clean up its ‘toxic landfills’

John Siciliano September 4, 2016 4:01 am