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

McCarthy wrote Thursday that the EPA will be working to help states implement the testing procedures, including corrosion control. (F. Carter Smith/Bloomberg, File)

EPA chief: All states following lead drinking water rule

Kyle Feldscher July 7, 2016 7:30 pm

House Oversight chairman also is targeting Gov. Andrew Cuomo for not doing something about a carcinogen. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Chaffetz probes EPA’s inaction in New York water crisis

John Siciliano July 7, 2016 5:06 pm

Wind and solar energy made up the largest chunk of new power generators in 2015. (Matthew Staver/Bloomberg, File)

Google defeats Pentagon on green energy use

John Siciliano July 7, 2016 3:59 pm

With the "Solar Fuels Basic Research Initiative" within the Department of Energy, as proposed in the legislation, no solar panels are involved. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

House science panel readies for solar-fueled votes

John Siciliano July 7, 2016 4:01 am

After months of fighting Rep. Lamar Smith's subpoena, the agency produced documents about a climate study. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

GOP chair threatens Dem AGs in Exxon climate probe

John Siciliano July 7, 2016 12:55 am

Rules filed late "may not be completed by the end of the administration," Howard Shelanski said. (Molly Morabito/Public Citizen Flickr)

White House’s chief gatekeeper warns against end-of-year regulation rush

John Siciliano July 6, 2016 9:48 pm

A green group wants Kentucky Fried Chicken to stop using antibiotics in its chicken. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

Green group to KFC: National Fried Chicken Day is a ‘bogus holiday’

Kyle Feldscher July 6, 2016 6:20 pm

House lawmakers want to require offshore oil and gas leasing to be moved online with a year. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Lawmakers look to skirt offshore-drilling protesters

Kyle Feldscher July 6, 2016 4:05 pm

EPA's air chief Janet McCabe sparred with the Republican chairman of a House energy panel on the legality of the centerpiece of the Obama administration's climate plan. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

GOP chair spars with EPA over legality of climate plan

John Siciliano July 6, 2016 3:54 pm

"Members of Congress have described the project as more boondoggle than boon," the newspaper reported. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Obama’s clean coal dream goes ‘off the tracks’: NYT

John Siciliano July 6, 2016 12:55 am

"To me, there's more likely to be continuity no matter who's in office," said U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Jonathan Pershing. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)

Obama official: Climate deal stays no matter who is president

John Siciliano July 5, 2016 11:10 pm

The real concern, they say, is that we may be entering another ice age. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)

A cool sun

James Wanliss July 5, 2016 4:03 am