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 group aims to hit the environmentalist billionaire for dividing Demcorats. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Conservative group targets green billionaire on last day of Dem convention

Kyle Feldscher July 27, 2016 6:56 pm

Climate change detractor Sen. James Inhofe is pressing parents to "un-brainwash" their children when it comes to what schools are teaching them about global warming. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Inhofe: ‘Un-brainwash’ your children on global warming

John Siciliano July 27, 2016 5:28 pm

Greens push back against GOP climate subpoenas

John Siciliano July 27, 2016 4:51 pm

Almost 60 Republican lawmakers, including House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rep. Rob Bishop, want Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to get rid of new methane emissions standards that they believe are a "solution in search of a problem." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

57 Republicans urge Interior to stop methane rules

Kyle Feldscher July 27, 2016 4:46 pm

With prices low for corn, soy and sugar cane, there is less incentive to produce the crops required to make biofuels. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

World Bank: Next victim of cheap oil is renewable fuel

John Siciliano July 26, 2016 11:37 pm

Clinton's wariness stems from lack of support in the Republican-controlled Congress for a carbon tax. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg)

Clinton wary of backing Dems’ carbon tax platform

John Siciliano July 26, 2016 7:31 pm

Volkswagen will buy back vehicles involved in the company's emissions scandal or fix them, according to a proposed settlement revealed in court Tuesday. (AP Photo/David Kohl)

VW will fix or buy back vehicles in emissions scandal

Kyle Feldscher July 26, 2016 6:40 pm

Two federal employees attempted to bill an oil and gas company for leases it had withdrawn from by falsifying documents, according to a watchdog report. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg)

Watchdog: Feds tried to cheat energy company by falsifying docs

Kyle Feldscher July 26, 2016 4:14 pm

The Philadelphia convention partnered with Exelon to offset greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels by taking advantage of Pennsylvania's large number of zero-emission nuclear power plants. (AP Photo)

Much of Dem convention’s energy likely to come from coal

John Siciliano July 26, 2016 12:06 am

Billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer uses political donations to push politicians toward clean energy policies that will benefit his solar energy investments. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli,File)

Conservative group hits Steyer as a crony capitalist

Kyle Feldscher July 25, 2016 7:27 pm

The EPA took a major step toward restricting greenhouse gas emissions from airplanes. (iStock Photo)

EPA paves the way for emissions rules on jets

Kyle Feldscher July 25, 2016 3:17 pm

Increasing protests over energy lease sales have sped up a federal agency's decision to webcast the sales. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Feds grow wary of climate protests as election season heats up

John Siciliano July 25, 2016 4:01 am