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

The EPA is building in the incentives while admitting there is no market, nor demand, for electric trucks, the agency said in the final truck rule. (AP Photo)

Obama gives electric trucks a big bump in new climate rules

John Siciliano August 18, 2016 5:18 pm

Costs vary based on the type of truck and its size, but the price for a big rig could be as much as $15,100. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Can’t meet EPA’s pricey truck rules? Just pay the fine

John Siciliano August 18, 2016 4:01 am

Park spokesman Mike Litterst said the last time a fish kill occurred was in 2013. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

What’s that’s awful smell on the Mall? Rotting fish

John Siciliano August 17, 2016 7:26 pm

It's the first time it's happened since 1972. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Natural gas expected to pass coal in carbon emissions

Kyle Feldscher August 17, 2016 5:46 pm

States must implement 96.5 percent of programs, but grants fund 28 percent of the amount needed. (Joshua Axelrod/Washington Examiner)

EPA stripping states of their authority, study shows

John Siciliano August 17, 2016 5:24 pm

EPA said it would continue to consult with the racing industry before moving ahead with any rules. (AP Photo/Tom E. Puskar)

EPA withdraws emissions rules for race cars

John Siciliano August 16, 2016 6:35 pm

The second round of standards require up to 25 percent lower carbon emissions and fuel consumption from tractors used in tractor-trailer vehicles, delivery trucks, school buses and other vocational vehicles by 2027, compared to the first round of standards that expire in 2018. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)

Obama imposes new fuel regs on trucks

Kyle Feldscher August 16, 2016 4:02 pm

Tiernan Sittenfeld, senior vice president of government affairs for the League of Conservation Voters Action Fund, said Patrick Murphy is the Democrat with the best chance of taking down Marco Rubio. (AP Photo)

Green group endorses Murphy over Grayson in Florida Senate race

Kyle Feldscher August 16, 2016 3:18 pm

The anniversary of the Gold King Mine spill was also marked by a decision from the EPA inspector general and the Justice Department to launch a criminal probe into the spill, which may have spurred the Navajo to sue. (AP Photo)

Navajo Nation to sue Obama’s EPA over toxic spill

John Siciliano August 16, 2016 12:02 pm

This undated handout image provided by NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Michigan, shows the Four Corners area, in red, left, the major U.S. hot spot for methane emissions in this digital map. (NASA, JPL-Caltech, University of Michigan via AP, File)

NASA keeping tabs on fracking from space

John Siciliano August 15, 2016 11:07 pm

The oil and gas boom is reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions said Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz. (AP Photo)

Moniz: Fracking has been good for the environment

John Siciliano August 15, 2016 10:29 pm

Specific criminal charges have not been decided upon, and prosecutors are still deciding whether to try to convict VW or enter into a deferment program. (AP Photo)

Report: Feds find evidence of criminal wrongdoing by VW

Kyle Feldscher August 15, 2016 9:05 pm