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 stricter smog standards are out of touch with current industrial practices, industry group says. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Manufacturers tell Congress to slow smog regulations

Kyle Feldscher June 7, 2016 3:18 pm

The Biloxi-Choctaw villagers on Isle de Jean Charles, La., are not unique in their predicament, being subject to frequent flooding. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Rising sea or sinking land?

William Balgord June 7, 2016 4:46 am

Chevron took the the matter to the Hague after Ecuadorean courts failed to address the lawsuits in a timely manner, violating a treaty with the U.S. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

Supreme Court rejects Ecuador’s Chevron challenge

John Siciliano June 7, 2016 12:10 am

Claude Walker, attorney general for the U.S. Virgin Islands, subponead CEI earlier in the year as part of an investigation into Exxon Mobil's decision to withhold data about the harm caused by climate change. (AP Photo)

Dem AG: Free speech no defense against climate crimes

John Siciliano June 6, 2016 9:27 pm

The Deepwater Horizon spill is considered the largest manmade disaster in the oil industry's history, which claimed the lives of nearly a dozen workers, and sent tens of thousands of gallons of oil spilling continuously into the gulf for nearly three months. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP, File)

BP reaches $175 million settlement with investors over Gulf spill

John Siciliano June 6, 2016 5:09 pm

Kerry: Climate alarms are ‘screaming at us’

Pete Kasperowicz June 6, 2016 1:30 pm

The EPA's 2017 recommendation ignores the most important concern especially during a presidential election year — the voters. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

The case against biofuel mandates

John Felmy June 6, 2016 4:03 am

The House Rules Committee on Tuesday is scheduled to take up a measure to delay the Environmental Protection Ageny's new ozone standards. (AP Photo)

House to take up measures hitting Obama environmental plans

Kyle Feldscher June 6, 2016 4:01 am

Most foreign-connected PACs have focused their election spending so far on congressional candidates and refrained from giving money to presidential candidates.

POLICY ROUNDUP

Washington Examiner, Joana Suleiman June 6, 2016 4:01 am

Chet Thompson, president of the American Fuel and Petrochemical Association, said Donald Trump's recent speech shows his recognition of "sensible energy policy."

Why the energy industry is encouraged by Donald Trump

John Siciliano June 6, 2016 4:01 am

Whether India will stay the course in meeting its obligations under December's Paris climate change deal will be a top item on the agenda when President Obama meets with Narendra Modi Tuesday. (AP Photo)

Obama’s climate legacy in the balance with India PM’s visit

John Siciliano June 5, 2016 4:01 am

Bill Nye: Vote against the ‘deniers’

Daniel Chaitin June 5, 2016 3:02 am