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 Obama administration issued a proposed rule Thursday establishing new "worst case" planning requirements for trains shipping large amounts of shale oil. (AP Photo/Mike Cronin)

Feds: Shale oil trains must plan for ‘worst case’

John Siciliano July 14, 2016 5:37 pm

The plant uses thousands of mirrors on 3,500 acres in the Mojave desert to direct concentrated sunlight at three towers. (Image courtesy Wikipedia user Aioannides)

Feds skip hearing on Obama’s solar ‘death ray’

John Siciliano July 14, 2016 3:47 pm

House passes EPA-Interior spending bill

Kyle Feldscher July 14, 2016 2:23 pm

Plan to probe subsidies of solar power plants, the flagship of which has singed birds in mid-flight. (AP Photo/John Locher)

House takes aim at Obama’s solar bird-killer

John Siciliano July 14, 2016 4:01 am

Interior officials touted the regulation as being one of the strictest rules ever for offshore drilling due to the unique challenges of drilling in the Arctic. It’s estimated the regulations would cost industry about $2 billion over the next 10 years. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

House GOP uses funding bill to attack Arctic drilling rules

Kyle Feldscher July 14, 2016 3:02 am

The Environmental Protection Agency has been implementing President Obama's signature environmental regulation on a voluntary basis while it's blocked by the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

House GOP blocks EPA from voluntarily implementing carbon rules

Kyle Feldscher July 14, 2016 2:14 am

The amendment to the bill was passed on a voice vote. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House moves toward keeping EPA from using Paris deal to impose emissions cuts

Kyle Feldscher July 14, 2016 12:17 am

Lawmakers probably will not be able to hash out a deal between the Senate and the House on energy legislation until after the November elections, said Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Energy bill not likely until after elections

John Siciliano July 13, 2016 10:01 pm

Exxon Mobil Corp. struggled against low oil prices in the first quarter of 2016 as profits dropped significantly compared to the same time last year. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

Groups liken Dems’ climate attacks to the tyranny of King George

John Siciliano July 13, 2016 9:51 pm

Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, says the attorneys general are criminalizing science that says climate change isn't real. (AP Photo)

House panel subpoenas attorneys general over Exxon Mobil probe

Kyle Feldscher July 13, 2016 8:24 pm

On Wednesday, Dan Kildee and 136 other lawmakers urged Paul Ryan in a letter to provide Flint, Mich., with relief. (AP Photo)

Lawmakers plead with Ryan for Flint financial aid bill

Kyle Feldscher July 13, 2016 6:36 pm

House GOP: EPA ignoring threat of nuclear waste fire

John Siciliano July 13, 2016 5:53 pm