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

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, pictured above. Inclusion of "State of Palestine" triggered a 1994 law prohibiting taxpayer funds for the U.N., letter says. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

GOP senators: U.S. can’t give to UN climate fund because Palestinians included

Kyle Feldscher April 18, 2016 9:52 pm

The Ozone Standards Implementation Act of 2016 would give states more time in complying with the 2015 standard, which would limit the amount of ozone in the air to 70 parts per billion. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

Business groups ask Congress to intervene on ozone regs

Kyle Feldscher April 18, 2016 8:57 pm

A group of lawmakers want Paul Ryan to bring up two non-binding resolutions that would declare Congress' opposition to any new tax on the per-barrel price of oil.

Ryan urged to oppose Obama oil tax

John Siciliano April 18, 2016 8:46 pm

Top agency lawyer Avi Garbow noted Judge Merrick Garland's pro-environmental views. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Email: Top EPA lawyer supports Obama Supreme Court pick

Kyle Feldscher April 18, 2016 7:51 pm

Energy production has soared over the last half-decade, with shale oil leading the nation. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Oil more than offsets drop in coal production

John Siciliano April 18, 2016 5:40 pm

Saudis can’t keep up with their own oil demand

John Siciliano April 18, 2016 5:13 pm

Mitchell Rivard is deputy chief of staff for Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Mich. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Profile: Kildee’s staff leader driven by crises

Kyle Feldscher April 18, 2016 4:01 am

An EPA official told Congress last week that replacing lead service lines could be included, as well as developing a household limit for lead levels in drinking water.

Drinking water changes slow down to a trickle

Kyle Feldscher April 18, 2016 4:01 am

A former air chief’s warning about the EPA

John Siciliano April 18, 2016 12:01 am

The House Natural Resources Committee on Tuesday will examine critical habitat regulations released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Fisheries Service earlier this year. (AP Photo/Juan Carlos Llorca, File)

House panel targets Endangered Species Act

Kyle Feldscher April 17, 2016 11:41 am

Triumphal greens expand target list

John Siciliano April 17, 2016 4:01 am

An oil pump works at sunset Monday, Jan. 18, 2016, in the desert oil fields of Sakhir, Bahrain. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Iran: Enemies dragging down oil prices to harm it

John Siciliano April 16, 2016 4:01 am