Tag: Energy and Environment

Andres Petreselli paints a mural on the side of a building depicting Swedish teen climate activist Greta Thunberg, Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, in San Francisco.

Energy and Environment

Huge Greta Thunberg mural going up in San Francisco

Zach Halaschak · November 9, 2019 5:29 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., stand on stage on the campus of Iowa Western Community College in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Friday, Nov. 8, 2019.

Bernie Sanders concedes his climate plan is 'expensive'

Zach Halaschak · November 9, 2019 5:20 pm

Andrew Wheeler, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, appears before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018.

Energy and Environment

Inspector general accuses EPA officials of giving staff 'free rein' to flout investigations

Abby Smith · November 7, 2019 7:20 pm

Daily on Energy

Daily on Energy: Industry's long wait for EPA air pollution permitting changes

Josh Siegel, Abby Smith · November 6, 2019 12:15 pm

A vintage-style incandescent light bulb, center, is shown with an LED light bulb, left, and a compact florescent light bulb on Dec. 27 in Chicago. On Jan. 1, manufacturers will stop producing the standard 40- and 60-watt incandescent light bulbs in the United States. The 75 and 100 watt bulbs were discontinued in 2013. These incandescent bulbs, which have been in use for more than 100 years, are being replaced by the more energy efficient compact florescent and LED light bulbs. (Getty images photo/Scott Olson)

Energy and Environment

Trump can’t shut off lightbulb standards, states and environmentalists say in lawsuit

Abby Smith · November 4, 2019 10:37 pm

Divestment won’t fight climate change

Robert L. Bradley Jr. · November 1, 2019 4:00 am

Energy and Environment

New Senate climate caucus rooted in industry shift

Abby Smith · October 31, 2019 11:00 pm

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., arrives at the Capitol in Washington.

Energy and Environment

Senators introduce bipartisan bill to aid coolant climate deal on ice with Trump

Abby Smith · October 30, 2019 9:00 pm

In this March 14, 2019, file photo Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks before unveiling the Model Y at Tesla's design studio in Hawthorne, Calif.

Beltway Confidential

‘Sounds legit’: Elon Musk joins a YouTuber’s campaign to plant 20 million trees

Madeline Fry Schultz · October 30, 2019 8:05 pm

Magazine - Your Land

The awful din

Madeline Fry Schultz · October 25, 2019 3:00 am

Republicans and Democrats are more divided over the issue of climate change going into the November election, but support more wind and solar. (iStock Photo)

Energy and Environment

Democrats want to build big renewable power lines. How one project failed

Josh Siegel · October 24, 2019 11:00 pm

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks at a news conference after two Senate bills to ending the partial government shutdown failed on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019.

Energy and Environment

New Senate climate caucus will boast top Energy panel Republican

Abby Smith · October 22, 2019 6:53 pm