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

Securing America's Future Energy makes recommendations that reverse Obama's quick pace of regulation. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

New report could be energy policy blueprint for Trump

John Siciliano May 19, 2016 10:00 am

Industry observers and those who track energy policy in Washington thought the activists went too far this time by carrying their protests to the homes of all four commissioners, three of whom are Democrats. (Screen shot)

Feds take steps to block anti-fracking activists

John Siciliano May 18, 2016 11:42 pm

Class-action suit says city, state officials failed residents by not detecting lead-contamination problems. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

NAACP files suit on behalf of Flint residents

Kyle Feldscher May 18, 2016 8:37 pm

Greens use giant chicken to go after KFC

John Siciliano May 18, 2016 7:49 pm

Environmentalists says that Donald Trump's comments that he would renegotiate the Paris Agreement on climate change would set American leadership and foreign policy goals back years. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Sierra Club: Trump plan to redo climate deal shows recklessness

Kyle Feldscher May 18, 2016 7:38 pm

Senate Republicans introduced a bill Wednesday to hold the EPA accountable for the spill it caused in Colorado last year (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Bill forces EPA to pay for its toxic mess

John Siciliano May 18, 2016 6:56 pm

The EPA has announced previously that it anticipates lower gasoline prices will drive up demand, which would dilute the percentage of ethanol in gasoline. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

EPA wants to increase the amount of ethanol in gasoline

Kyle Feldscher May 18, 2016 6:17 pm

Earnest also stressed that the climate accord is benefiting the U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House dimisses Trump’s pledge to tear up climate deal

Susan Crabtree May 18, 2016 5:59 pm

Many critics of the new ozone standards believe they will be nearly impossible to meet. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

House energy panel votes to delay EPA ozone rules

John Siciliano May 18, 2016 5:41 pm

Energy secretary says administration is still "executing that first transaction." (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Obama’s $8.6 million purchase from Iran almost done

John Siciliano May 18, 2016 5:01 pm

‘Stunning’: EPA had to pay $55K to get child molester to retire

Kyle Feldscher May 18, 2016 3:09 pm

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz on Wednesday refused to comment on Donald Trump's plan to scuttle the Paris climate deal if elected president. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Moniz refuses to talk about Trump’s plan for the climate deal

John Siciliano May 18, 2016 3:03 pm