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 and a lot of other economic dislocations have put a lot of people out of work," said former National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Bush adviser: Climate change fertilizes Islamic State

John Siciliano August 5, 2016 1:52 am

Apple will sell power from generators it owns in Nevada, California and Arizona. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Feds give Apple approval to sell electricity

John Siciliano August 4, 2016 11:23 pm

The one-year anniversary of the toxic spill is Aug. 5, when EPA contractors attempted to open the abandoned Gold King Mine in Silverton, Colo., that had been plugged a decade earlier. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

EPA silent on firings one year after toxic mine spill

John Siciliano August 4, 2016 7:22 pm

The energy issue on which Clinton and Trump agree

Kyle Feldscher August 4, 2016 4:49 pm

The Energy and Environment Legal Institute released an agreement among 17 Democratic attorneys general, led by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, that the right-leaning think tank says is trying to skirt public records laws. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Documents show Dem AGs trying to skirt public records laws with climate pact

Kyle Feldscher August 4, 2016 3:35 pm

EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy says her agency followed the "charge from the president." (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

EPA defiant on one-year anniversary of climate regs

John Siciliano August 3, 2016 11:07 pm

Volkswagen said it will outfit 7 million vehicles annually with a filter that will reduce soot emissions by 90 percent by 2022, but environmentalists are skeptical the company will live up to its goals. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

VW aims to reduce soot emissions by 90 percent

Kyle Feldscher August 3, 2016 9:42 pm

Rep. Pete Olson (above), along with Rep. Ed Whitfield, said the decision would cause uncertainty. (Julia Schmalz/Bloomberg)

GOP lawmakers slam White House climate change directive

Kyle Feldscher August 3, 2016 8:34 pm

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was criticized by conservation groups and Democrats for supporting the hunting and shooting of wolves from helicopters. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Obama bans Palin-pushed wolf hunting from helicopters

John Siciliano August 3, 2016 7:05 pm

Clinton officials met with the California Air Resources Board, the state's air regulator, recently to discuss alternatives to the EPA's flagship renewable fuel program, the Renewable Fuel Standard. (AP Photo)

Clinton may be looking to scrap ethanol mandate

John Siciliano August 3, 2016 5:55 pm

The agency said it would withdraw regulations on the auto racing industry but has not done so. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Race car industry remains under EPA threat

John Siciliano August 3, 2016 4:05 pm

"Gov. Hassan has consistently fought to protect the Granite State, and the Sierra Club looks forward to working with her in the Senate." (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Sierra Club endorses Ayotte’s challenger for Senate seat

Kyle Feldscher August 3, 2016 3:22 pm