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

Hundreds of thousands more drivers expected on the roads, with gasoline prices their lowest in years. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Cheap pump prices spark Memorial Day travel

Kyle Feldscher May 26, 2016 6:52 pm

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, along with a group of Republicans quietly issued a legislative plan this week to stop agencies such as the EPA from raising what they call the "hidden tax" of increased regulation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Republicans announce plan to rein in government

John Siciliano May 26, 2016 6:44 pm

Senator: Taxpayer-funded solar plant lights birds on fire

Joel Gehrke May 26, 2016 6:00 pm

Attorney General Loretta Lynch must drop all efforts to prosecute climate change skeptics or risk engaging in "prosecutorial misconduct," a group of Senate Judiciary Committee members warned. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Senators to Lynch: End climate change investigations

Joel Gehrke May 26, 2016 4:09 pm

Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt says the EPA didn't respect the states in forming Clean Power Plan. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Oklahoma attorney general says Clean Power Plan violates state sovereignty

Kyle Feldscher May 26, 2016 3:32 pm

GOP kills energy funding bill over LGBT measure

Kyle Feldscher May 26, 2016 3:19 pm

Brune said the energy speech Trump will deliver in North Dakota today will lack any plan for addressing climate change, and that's a big problem for environmentalists. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Sierra Club takes on Trump’s ‘pitiful,’ ‘boneheaded’ energy plan

John Siciliano May 26, 2016 3:13 pm

House passes measure in energy bill prohibiting LGBT discrimination by contractors

Kyle Feldscher May 26, 2016 2:01 pm

Greens vow to fight Exxon after defeats

John Siciliano May 26, 2016 4:01 am

Walden, a congressman from Oregon, became the chair of the NRCC in 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House passes amended energy bill

Kyle Feldscher May 25, 2016 10:16 pm

Researchers at five universities will investigate the effects of metal-laden water from abandoned mines. (AP Photo/Matt York)

EPA forks over $25M for mine spill research

John Siciliano May 25, 2016 10:07 pm

Two lawmakers claim the RFS "remains a vital bulwark for U.S. energy security against foreign manipulation." (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Trump’s energy adviser is being urged to reconsider his recommendations

Gabby Morrongiello May 25, 2016 9:47 pm