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

Measure that would eliminate a Bush-era requirement has upset climate change activists. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Senate energy bill repeals phase-out of federal fossil fuels

John Siciliano April 20, 2016 5:21 pm

"My energy policy boils down to three simple words ... energy is good. And I think that's what we have concluded with passage of the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016," Sen. Lisa Murkowski said. (AP Photo/Rashah McChesney)

Senate passes energy bill with huge bipartisan support

Kyle Feldscher April 20, 2016 3:34 pm

Secretary of State John Kerry will join over 100 countries in signing a climate change deal that the president agreed to last year in Paris. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, Pool)

State: Climate deal signing doesn’t mean it’s a done deal

John Siciliano April 20, 2016 2:46 pm

In April 2014, the city's water source was changed to the Flint River, causing pipes to corrode and release lead into the water. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Michigan to charge three for role in Flint water crisis

Anna Giaritelli April 20, 2016 1:41 am

"Moving forward with this act will help America produce more energy, and at the same time it will help Americans save more money and save energy with all of the energy-efficiency provisions," said Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, chairwoman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and author of the bill. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Senate votes to proceed to the finish line on energy bill

John Siciliano April 19, 2016 10:01 pm

"President Obama has been judicious and thoughtful in his use of the Antiquities Act," Interior Sally Jewell said. "I do not think the act should only be used in places where there is complete agreement." (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

Jewell defends Obama’s 3.66 million acre expansion of national monuments

Kyle Feldscher April 19, 2016 7:51 pm

Supreme Court justices unanimously say Maryland program to subsidize natural gas power plants stepped into federal territory.

Supreme Court sides with feds in power plant case

John Siciliano April 19, 2016 7:15 pm

"We have to continue to invest to address the nation's failing water infrastructure," Barbara Boxer said. (AP Photo)

Boxer invokes Trump to scold EPA

John Siciliano April 19, 2016 5:58 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 likely to delay methane gas rules until next year

John Siciliano April 19, 2016 4:12 pm

Sen. Jim Inhofe unexpectedly praised the agency before launching into a scathing critique of its priorities. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Top EPA critic offers rare moment of praise

John Siciliano April 19, 2016 3:22 pm

$Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is calling for a nationwide ban on fracking. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)$

Sanders: ‘Unacceptable’ that Clinton allows fracking

Ariel Cohen April 19, 2016 1:02 pm

"These emails show [New York Attorney General Eric] Schneiderman's office suggested their outside-activist green allies deceive the press."

NY atty. general sought to keep lawyer’s role in climate change push secret

Sean Higgins April 18, 2016 11:46 pm