Tag: Energy and Environment

California’s Gas Tax Emits Political Hot Air

Kevin Cochrane · April 18, 2017 10:00 am

Scott Pruitt announces "Back-to-Basics" agenda, which stresses the states' development of natural resources. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Energy and Environment

EPA launches new agenda in coal country

John Siciliano · April 13, 2017 6:44 pm

President Obama may have left office more than three months ago, but his regulatory agenda continues to grow. (AP)

Beltway Confidential

Four regulatory threats still lurking from the Obama administration

Christine Harbin · April 11, 2017 3:13 pm

Political Science

Alice B. Lloyd · April 11, 2017 12:27 pm

President Obama's EPA overreached its authority. Pruitt will restore the agencies constitutional role. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Energy and Environment

Dems prod EPA’s Pruitt to recuse himself from climate lawsuit

John Siciliano · April 10, 2017 10:54 pm

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to rule next week on whether it will go along with President Trump's executive order on reversing Obama-era climate change regulations affecting coal-fired power plants, according to the president of a coal group involved in the underlying litigation.

Energy and Environment

Court could decide next week if Trump has its blessing on climate reg rollback

John Siciliano · April 9, 2017 4:00 am

Energy and Environment

EPA gives out awards for Energy Star program Trump wants to cut

John Siciliano · April 6, 2017 8:53 pm

Arnold Schwarzenegger has been a friend of President Trump's for decades, but on Wednesday he admitted the reason he did not vote for the Republican candidate last November was because of Trump's stance on coal. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Energy and Environment

The reason Schwarzenegger didn’t vote for Trump? Coal

Anna Giaritelli · April 6, 2017 2:24 am

Many businesses including oil and gas majors, automakers, and big banks have endorsed a carbon tax.

White House shoots down carbon and value-added taxes

Joseph Lawler · April 4, 2017 10:49 pm

An environmentalist coalition announced its intent to sue Perry and the Energy Department in 60 days if it doesn't reverse its decision to delay five energy conservation regulations for appliances. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Energy and Environment

States, environmentalists threaten to sue Perry for delaying energy rules

John Siciliano · April 3, 2017 6:10 pm

EPA head told states they don't have to comply with the Clean Power Plan. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Energy and Environment

EPA’s Pruitt to governors: ‘The days of coercive federalism are over’

John Siciliano · March 30, 2017 11:30 pm

A delay would help the Trump administration ensure that the judges don't rule favorably on any aspect of the rule that they are likely to gut in the coming months. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Energy and Environment

Trump asks federal judges to delay ruling on Obama-era climate plan

John Siciliano · March 29, 2017 7:44 pm