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

White House uses Flint trip to jab Republicans over EPA

Kyle Feldscher May 4, 2016 6:15 pm

A new report calls for the creation of a transmission line to connect electricity from Mexico to Panama. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Obama’s clean energy agenda crosses the border

John Siciliano May 4, 2016 5:14 pm

Donald Trump recently argued that he would bring new people into the electorate and thus, contrary to almost all recent polling, would easily beat Hillary Clinton. (AP Photos)

Trump debuts coal attacks on Clinton

Kyle Feldscher May 4, 2016 4:51 pm

In March, the school district in Newark, N.J., shut off sinks and fountains in 30 buildings in response to high lead samples while offering to test as many as 17,000 children for lead contamination. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

N.J. schools sued for lead-contaminated water

Kyle Feldscher May 4, 2016 3:57 pm

NY town threatens to become the next Flint

Anna Giaritelli May 4, 2016 6:32 am

Virgin Islands Attorney General Claude Walker is suing Exxon, accusing them of suppressing its scientists' evidence of climate change. (AP Photo)

Attorney general targets more free-market think tank emails

John Siciliano May 3, 2016 10:33 pm

The task force report also is focused on the implications of low oil prices for Central America and the Caribbean and the need to wean the region off Venezuelan oil and develop low-carbon resources. (AP Photo)

Obama administration touts role of natural gas

John Siciliano May 3, 2016 8:15 pm

Don Blankenship was sentenced last month to a year in jail for an explosion that killed 29 miners. (F. Brian Ferguson/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP, Paul Sancya/AP)

Clinton campaign blasts disgraced coal CEO who protested her in W.Va.

Kyle Feldscher May 3, 2016 5:06 pm

Google donates $250K to aid in Flint water crisis

Kelly Cohen May 3, 2016 3:33 pm

Lawmakers want to end Arctic oil and gas leasing

Kyle Feldscher May 3, 2016 3:11 pm

"As friends sometimes you misspeak and she misspoke, but then she came back and made an apology," Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., said of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. (Kyle Lovern/Williamson Daily News via AP)

Manchin defends Clinton despite ‘horrible’ coal remarks

John Siciliano May 3, 2016 3:01 am

"Together, Oracle Utilities and Opower will be the largest provider of mission-critical cloud services to utilities," said Rodger Smith, senior vice president and general manager for Oracle Utilities Global Business Unit. (AP Photo)

Opower sale creates smart-grid behemoth

John Siciliano May 2, 2016 10:37 pm