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

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she would reform coal, oil and natural gas leases and raise royalty rates. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Clinton would oppose drilling in Arctic and Atlantic oceans

Kyle Feldscher June 1, 2016 8:59 pm

John Kerry explained that the "long-term future of this planet" depends on dealing with and understanding "the crisis of the ocean as it is linked to the challenge of climate change, as it is linked to the quality of life that we have here on Earth itself." (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg, File)

Kerry to students: ‘Your parents’ money’ helps fight climate change

Mariana Barillas June 1, 2016 8:55 pm

Flint switched water sources from Lake Huron to the Flint River as a cost-saving measure at the behest, and approval, of state officials in April 2014. (Jeff Kowalsky/Bloomberg, File)

Mich. environmental official: Water crisis ‘overplayed’

Kyle Feldscher June 1, 2016 6:55 pm

Group says lawmakers are trying to protect the oil giant from scrutiny by asking for green groups' emails. (Jae S. Lee/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

Greenpeace blasts GOP for pressuring them over Exxon targeting

John Siciliano June 1, 2016 6:51 pm

In a study commissioned by the Independent Petroleum Association of America, Bessembinder, a finance professor, wrote that hidden costs often can exceed the smaller returns on investments incurred by universities that divest from fossil fuel companies. (Norm Betts/Bloomberg, File)

Study: Divesting from fossil fuel firms could cost colleges billions

Kyle Feldscher June 1, 2016 4:07 pm

Professor Jay Lund, of the Center for Watershed Sciences at the University of California-Davis, said that the last four years in California were the driest in decades. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Trump ‘uninterested’ in drought facts, critics say

Kyle Feldscher June 1, 2016 4:01 am

"There was certainly a discussion about how the very early effects of climate change are putting some communities across the country at even greater risk from a hurricane," White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters Tuesday during his daily briefing. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

WH: Climate change will make hurricane season worse

Susan Crabtree May 31, 2016 8:44 pm

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said this week's clean energy conference in San Francisco marks the "first meeting" of a global pact called Mission Innovation that will be key to the success of December's Paris climate change deal. (Matthew Busch/Bloomberg, File)

Obama takes climate agenda to California

John Siciliano May 31, 2016 8:01 pm

A whistleblower charged Tuesday that a water nonprofit supported by actor Mark Ruffalo created a "false alarm" that potentially jeopardized the health of Flint residents. (Rich Fury/Invision/AP)

Hulk smash: Whistleblower says Ruffalo group created ‘false alarm’

Mariana Barillas May 31, 2016 7:57 pm

Citizens bear responsibility for their own safety in the face of impending storms, Obama said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama asks for vigilance ahead of hurricane season

Nicole Duran May 31, 2016 7:03 pm

The decision could have a major impact, given that Army Corps rulings on what constitutes a wetland cover a huge amount of land. (AP Photo)

Supreme Court allows Clean Water Act rules to be challenged

Kyle Feldscher May 31, 2016 3:20 pm

The Natural Resources Defense Council's political arm announced Tuesday that it is endorsing Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Big Green backs Clinton to counter Trump

John Siciliano May 31, 2016 2:26 pm