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 president spent a lot of time in his first term looking at whether or not you could do something broader through the legislature. That didn't happen," she said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Obama’s not so ‘elegant’ climate regulations

John Siciliano May 7, 2016 4:02 am

EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said the effects on coal communities have been due to the cost of owning and operating coal plants. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

EPA: Coal communities could be left behind

John Siciliano May 6, 2016 10:00 pm

"We should have no problem getting through this," EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said Friday. "The only question we have is how fast its going to move?" (Matthew Busch/Bloomberg)

EPA predicts victory in coming climate court battle

John Siciliano May 6, 2016 9:44 pm

—œWe really have to have a blend over time, and a transition over time, that recognizes the real complexity of what we're dealing with,—? Sally Jewell said. (AP Photo)

Administration slams anti-fossil activists as ‘naive’

John Siciliano May 6, 2016 9:14 pm

Deniers don't represent the vast majority of feeling on the issue, said the head of the EPA on Friday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

EPA: Climate deniers confined to ‘phone booths’

John Siciliano May 6, 2016 8:58 pm

"It's the morally right thing to do to protect our common home," said OMB Director Shaun Donovan. (Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg)

White House: $3 billion climate pledge boosts national security

John Siciliano May 6, 2016 7:27 pm

The regulation was sparked by a lawsuit filed by environmental groups in 2010 to force the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases emitted by aircraft. (AP Photo)

Final greenhouse gas rules for planes expected in July

Kyle Feldscher May 6, 2016 5:31 pm

The Internal Revenue Service extended the number of years wind projects can take advantage of the maximum level of subsidy, from two to four years, under a "commence construction" clause in the tax code. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, FILE)

IRS doubles the time wind industry can receive subsidies

John Siciliano May 6, 2016 5:22 pm

The top two senators on an important committee want DOE to work closer with Israel. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Senators demand movement on American-Israeli energy center

Kyle Feldscher May 6, 2016 3:38 pm

The Fish and Wildlife Service says the bald eagle population is healthy enough to sustain added losses. (AP Photo/Andrew Vaughan, File)

Feds allow wind industry to kill more eagles

John Siciliano May 6, 2016 12:41 am

WATCH: Trump dons coal miner’s hard hat, pretends to shovel coal

Daniel Chaitin May 6, 2016 12:17 am

A trade association, which represents roughly 95 percent of West Virginia's state's coal production, voted unanimously to support Donald Trump at a membership meeting in Charleston. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

West Virginia Coal Association endorses Trump

Kelly Cohen May 5, 2016 7:42 pm