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

Michigan congressman says the devil will be in the details of Volkswagen's agreement with feds. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Upton cautiously cheers VW deal

Kyle Feldscher April 21, 2016 8:15 pm

"Climate deniers are not about a lack of data," said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

EPA says deniers are about climate solutions

John Siciliano April 21, 2016 7:32 pm

Volkswagen agreed Thursday to buy back hundreds of thousands of vehicles affected by software that allowed its clean diesel vehicles to skirt emissions laws in the United States. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

VW announces plan to buy back vehicles that cheated emissions tests

Kyle Feldscher April 21, 2016 6:32 pm

Mitsubishi Motors were raided Thursday over revelations it falsified fuel economy data. (Yuki Sato/Kyodo News via AP)

Mitsubishi raided for falsifying fuel economy data

John Siciliano April 21, 2016 6:10 pm

Michigan Sens. Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters have attempted to use the $250 million fund as a bargaining chip in getting a federal funding deal for Flint and other cities with lead-contaminated water. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Measure killing bargaining chip for Flint aid fails

Kyle Feldscher April 21, 2016 5:59 pm

Wyoming land owner won't have to pay $16 million agency fined him for pond he built for his livestock. (AP Photo/Jim McKnight, File)

GOP measure to block EPA water rule fails

John Siciliano April 21, 2016 5:08 pm

Official tells Congress the agency needs to be able to take on more Brownfields projects in more areas. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

EPA: Cleanup program needs more, but smarter, funding

Kyle Feldscher April 21, 2016 4:47 pm

Bureaucratic negligence and a lack of concern for human life led to people cutting corners. (Jake May /The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)

In Flint, a first step toward government accountability

Washington Examiner April 21, 2016 4:01 am

Snyder says he hasn’t been interviewed in Flint criminal probe

Kyle Feldscher April 20, 2016 8:15 pm

In a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee interior subcommittee hearing Wednesday, multiple witnesses told lawmakers they believe there are many species protected by the Endangered Species Act that don't need it. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

Panel: Money keeps animals on Endangered Species List

Kyle Feldscher April 20, 2016 7:26 pm

Americans are "getting the good parts and haven't had to pay the price of the bad part."(AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Study: We don’t mind global warming because we like the new weather

Associated Press April 20, 2016 6:14 pm

Mike Glasgow, Flint laboratory and water quality supervisor, is among the officials charged with felonies related to the Flint water crisis. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP, File)

3 government officials charged in Mich. lead water crisis

Kyle Feldscher April 20, 2016 5:23 pm