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

"American voters are very concerned about the costs and consequences of this unworkable and unnecessary mandate," said Frank Macchhiarola, the American Petroleum Institute's downstream group director. (AP Photo)

Poll: Most fear EPA’s biofuel rules will damage their cars

Kyle Feldscher April 6, 2016 4:52 pm

Groups fight over a plan to add incentives for renewable energy to a six-year FAA reauthorization bill. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

FAA bill targeted for energy subsidies

John Siciliano April 5, 2016 10:13 pm

The leak is one of the biggest environmental disasters since the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. (Dean Musgrove/Los Angeles Daily News via AP, Pool, File)

California looks to head off blackouts after gas leak

Kyle Feldscher April 5, 2016 8:28 pm

"You cannot use the power of the office of attorney general to silence your critics," Patrick Morrisey said. (AP Photo/John Raby, File)

West Virginia AG ‘disappointed’ in probes of Exxon Mobil

Kyle Feldscher April 5, 2016 7:17 pm

The agency also set out a robust plan Tuesday to protect the green sea turtle, listing three out of 11 groups of the turtle species as endangered, while designating the others as "threatened." (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Feds say yes to butterflies and sea turtles. But no to flying squirrels?

John Siciliano April 5, 2016 6:55 pm

"They are doing an audit of our entire oversight in the region," Gina McCarthy said. (AP Photo)

McCarthy struggles to show EPA is in the right over Flint

John Siciliano April 5, 2016 6:19 pm

Alpha Natural Resources bought Massey shortly after an explosion killed 29 miners. (AP Photo/John Raby)

Former coal CEO won’t pay restitution for mine explosion

John Siciliano April 5, 2016 5:59 pm

Secretary of State John Kerry said business leaders will "take us over the finish line" in fighting climate change. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Kerry: Business will drive ‘energy revolution’

Kyle Feldscher April 5, 2016 4:15 pm

A portion of the Keystone oil pipeline was closed Monday after a leak was found over the weekend, said pipeline owner TransCanada. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Keystone pipeline closed after springing leak

John Siciliano April 4, 2016 11:34 pm

The Obama administration tightened security cooperation with Israel Monday to counter possible attacks against the Jewish state's energy and water supplies. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov, File)

U.S., Israel security deal to stop Iran hacking energy, water supplies

John Siciliano April 4, 2016 9:52 pm

It's no longer about "polar bears and melting ice caps," said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

EPA head: Dire climate change report bolsters Clean Power Plan defense

Kyle Feldscher April 4, 2016 9:04 pm

A federal district judge in New Orleans approved a record-breaking $20 billion settlement in the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

Judge approves $20B settlement for Gulf oil spill

John Siciliano April 4, 2016 7:11 pm