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

Climate change will be high on the agenda when Obama sits down with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other top officials going into the major meeting of industrialized nations, Brian Deese, the president's senior climate adviser, told reporters Monday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Obama preps for climate change talks in Asia

John Siciliano August 30, 2016 1:01 am

Mexico will mandate blending the alcohol-based fuel into its fuel supply. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Mexico makes a friend of ethanol

John Siciliano August 29, 2016 8:12 pm

Utilities met D.C.'s renewable energy requirement by purchasing credits from out-of-state power plants. (AP Photo/Rick Callahan)

D.C. might as well be Indiana when it comes to renewable energy

John Siciliano August 29, 2016 7:36 pm

A top environmental group plans to spend $485,000 attacking Republican Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey in his re-election fight. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Greens shell out almost $500K to attack Toomey in new ad buy

Kyle Feldscher August 29, 2016 7:10 pm

$Local control of fracking has been a big issue in Colorado in the last year. (AP Photo)$

Anti-fracking measures fail to get on Colorado ballot

Kyle Feldscher August 29, 2016 4:38 pm

Senators to meet in West Virginia to talk energy infrastructure

Kyle Feldscher August 29, 2016 12:01 am

Congress is working with a narrow window to get the legislation to President Obama by the end of the year. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Lobbyists ramp up pressure on energy bill

John Siciliano August 28, 2016 4:01 am

Report: Trump campaign CEO once ran climate change research facility

Mariana Barillas August 26, 2016 8:43 pm

Umi Kai uses a traditional Hawaiian hook to catch a fish at the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in Hawaii. House Natural Resources chairman said, President Obama's decision to expand a national monument off the coast of Hawaii will cause "great harm" to local industry and fisheries. (Keola Lindsey/Office of Hawaiian Affairs via AP)

Rep. Bishop blasts Obama’s marine monument

John Siciliano August 26, 2016 5:38 pm

"If she wants to be president, Hillary Clinton should act like one," Baton Rouge newspaper's editorial says. (AP Photo/Max Becherer)

No visit, no presidency: Newspaper calls out Clinton for avoiding Louisiana

John Siciliano August 26, 2016 4:42 pm

The federal rule requiring the mailing of the prospectus is absurd and wasteful. (AP Photo/Tom Olmscheid)

In a federal mandate for waste, envelope lobby reveals Washington

Timothy P. Carney August 26, 2016 2:18 pm

EPA spills again in Colorado

John Siciliano August 26, 2016 12:00 pm