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

One measure would have required the company to report how climate change is affecting its business. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Dem AG backs down in Exxon climate fight

John Siciliano June 30, 2016 12:20 am

Despite the threat of closure, the U.S. nuclear power fleet comprises about 100 reactors, which is the largest of any one country. (AP Photo)

Obama’s clean energy goal fails without nuclear, industry says

John Siciliano June 29, 2016 10:32 pm

"Rather than assisting companies, the EPA simply choose to impose aggressive and, at times, unreasonable penalties using questionable enforcement methods," Mike Rounds said. (AP Photo)

GOP senators say EPA uses ‘questionable enforcement methods’

Kyle Feldscher June 29, 2016 8:48 pm

A statement from the international Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor project says multi-national collaboratives focused on energy research are typically more immune to political upheavals than other agreements. (AP Photo/Claude Paris, File)

Brexit raises questions for $20 billion fusion energy project

John Siciliano June 29, 2016 8:10 pm

The countries agreed to a goal of producing 50 percent of the continent's electricity from clean resources. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama announces clean energy pact with Mexico, Canada

John Siciliano June 29, 2016 4:40 pm

"I'm asking leadership and my fellow Republicans, let's seize a valuable opportunity and bring the WRDA bill to the floor," Inhofe said. "Time is really of the essence." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Inhofe urges quick Senate action on $9 billion water bill

Kyle Feldscher June 29, 2016 3:49 pm

The Cannon Office Building on Capitol Hill has had its water tainted by high lead levels that exceed the Environmental Protection Agency's danger level of 15 parts per million. (Ken Cedeno/ Bloomberg News, File)

High lead levels trigger water shutdown of House office building

Kyle Feldscher June 29, 2016 2:26 pm

The bill was approved by the foreign operations subcommittee, chaired by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Tuesday without much opposition from Democrats, who support the green fund. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

GOP spending bill takes aim at Paris climate deal

John Siciliano June 28, 2016 11:38 pm

Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette, a Republican, told reporters that the lawyers from his office are being restricted by Rick Snyder's taxpayer-funded private attorneys. (AP Photo)

Michigan AG says governor’s taxpayer-funded attorneys withholding Flint water docs

Kyle Feldscher June 28, 2016 9:26 pm

Republican senators said the federal government is bungling their plans to rebuild the sage grouse population. (Jeannie Stafford/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

GOP senators slam ‘one size fits none’ administration plans for rebuilding sage grouse population

Kyle Feldscher June 28, 2016 8:33 pm

The Sierra Club had said the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission had erred in its environmental review when it approved the two projects in Texas and Louisiana. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Greens lose court battle on gas exports

John Siciliano June 28, 2016 8:08 pm

The House-passed energy reform bill expedites liquefied natural gas exports, which Republicans say will help lessen the natural gas glut while strengthening the United States' allies. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Greens tell senators to keep House-passed energy provisions out of deal

Kyle Feldscher June 28, 2016 6:26 pm