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

House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Rob Bishop, R-Utah, made the case for governments to be banned from using eminent domain and condemnation as reasons for buying private property using money from the fund. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

GOP lawmaker: Stop using conservation funds for land grabs

Kyle Feldscher August 2, 2016 8:43 pm

Fracking has made the U.S. a top oil and natural gas producer. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

WH wants all agencies to consider climate change

John Siciliano August 2, 2016 7:50 pm

$States want the courts to review the EPA's new rule restricting methane emissions from fracking wells. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)$

14 states sue EPA over ‘job-killing’ oil and gas rules

John Siciliano August 2, 2016 7:31 pm

Damage in historic Ellicott City, Md., could be attributable to climate change, an EPA report says. (AP Photo/Juliet Linderman)

EPA ties massive flood in historic Md. town to climate change

John Siciliano August 2, 2016 7:05 pm

"The wind kills all your birds. All your birds. Killed," he said. "You know the environmentalists never talk about that." (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Group hits back at Trump after he says wind power ‘kills all your birds’

Kyle Feldscher August 2, 2016 4:53 pm

$Anti-fracking activists say it's not fair that the federal watchdog in charge of siting pipelines has chosen the vacation-heavy month of August to push through a pipeline project nearly as contentious as the Keystone XL. (Photo by Michael Okoniewski for Bloomberg)$

Feds accused of cutting into fracking protesters’ vacation time

John Siciliano August 1, 2016 10:28 pm

Lawsuits are necessary to "start extracting money from the fossil fuel industry," James Hansen says. (AP Photo/Matt Brown, file)

Clean energy conservatives back Burr with big ad buy

John Siciliano August 1, 2016 9:03 pm

Gas group suggests fracking for president

Kyle Feldscher August 1, 2016 8:45 pm

Parks chief: Feds shouldn’t turn public lands over to the states

Kyle Feldscher August 1, 2016 7:30 pm

The Clean Energy Standard, championed by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, would ensure the financial stability of the New York's nuclear plants by providing $965 million over two years. (AP Photo)

New York approves $965M plan to save nuclear plants

John Siciliano August 1, 2016 6:49 pm

In August 2015, EPA contractors doing cleanup work on the Gold King Mine triggered a toxic spill that polluted the Animas River in Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Feds open criminal probe of EPA toxic mine spill

Kyle Feldscher August 1, 2016 3:52 pm

Many Democrats mentioned climate change during speeches this week at the convention, and environmental issues were the topic of several forums on the sidelines. (AP Photo)

Greens happy with DNC even though Clinton barely mentioned climate

Kyle Feldscher July 30, 2016 4:01 am