Energy and Environment

Xavier Becerra avoids backing nuclear energy in bid to govern power-starved California

Xavier Becerra avoids backing nuclear energy in bid to govern power-starved California

Callie Patteson · August 22, 2026 5:00 am

Trump team out on a limb with claim that oil is flowing through Strait of Hormuz

Trump team out on a limb with claim that oil is flowing through Strait of Hormuz

NASA abandons mission to rescue aging Swift space telescope

NASA abandons mission to rescue aging Swift space telescope

Josh Shapiro signs executive order restricting data center development in Pennsylvania

Josh Shapiro signs executive order restricting data center development in Pennsylvania

Trump administration moves to end protections for nearly 45 million acres of national forests

Trump administration moves to end protections for nearly 45 million acres of national forests

DOE awards $162 million to nine critical mineral extraction projects

DOE awards $162 million to nine critical mineral extraction projects

Maydeen Merino · August 18, 2026 9:00 am

Trump administration pauses construction in Big Bend National Park following bipartisan backlash

Trump administration pauses construction in Big Bend National Park following bipartisan backlash

Callie Patteson · August 17, 2026 2:52 pm

Abbott’s data center construction pause will take ‘several months’ for up to 300 projects in Texas

Abbott’s data center construction pause will take ‘several months’ for up to 300 projects in Texas

Emily Hallas · August 17, 2026 8:30 am

Gas prices: National average sits at $4.06 per gallon

Gas prices: National average sits at $4.06 per gallon

Washington Examiner Staff · August 17, 2026 6:27 am

Beshear says Trump did not brief him before Kentucky data center plan

Beshear says Trump did not brief him before Kentucky data center plan

Rena Rowe · August 13, 2026 2:19 pm

Moskowitz’s $445,000 job at hurricane clean-up company accused of price-gouging resurfaces in toss-up Florida race

Moskowitz’s $445,000 job at hurricane clean-up company accused of price-gouging resurfaces in toss-up Florida race

Hailey Bullis · August 13, 2026 2:16 pm

US issues final approval for tunnel connecting two Great Lakes

US issues final approval for tunnel connecting two Great Lakes

David Zimmermann · August 12, 2026 4:45 pm

National average gas prices hit record high for a calendar year

National average gas prices hit record high for a calendar year

Maydeen Merino · August 12, 2026 12:44 pm

Third Trump Gulf of America offshore oil and gas lease auction draws weak bidding

Third Trump Gulf of America offshore oil and gas lease auction draws weak bidding

Callie Patteson · August 12, 2026 12:03 pm

Wright claims Persian Gulf oil exports beat pre-war levels, far above outside estimates

Wright claims Persian Gulf oil exports beat pre-war levels, far above outside estimates

Callie Patteson · August 11, 2026 2:27 pm

July was the hottest month on record for contiguous US: NOAA

July was the hottest month on record for contiguous US: NOAA

Claire Carter · August 10, 2026 4:32 pm

Trump extends Jones Act waiver to ease fuel prices, but with new limits

Trump extends Jones Act waiver to ease fuel prices, but with new limits

Maydeen Merino · August 10, 2026 4:30 pm

Strategic Petroleum Reserve hits lowest level since January 1983

Strategic Petroleum Reserve hits lowest level since January 1983

Callie Patteson · August 10, 2026 2:16 pm

A fast-moving wildfire forces more than 20,000 people to evacuate in western Canada

A fast-moving wildfire forces more than 20,000 people to evacuate in western Canada

Joseph Nepomuceno · August 8, 2026 3:27 pm

Environmental groups urge Supreme Court to keep costly climate change lawsuits alive

Environmental groups urge Supreme Court to keep costly climate change lawsuits alive

Jack Birle · August 8, 2026 6:00 am

Trump reveals $180 million in grants to expand mining education

Trump reveals $180 million in grants to expand mining education

Maydeen Merino · August 7, 2026 5:13 pm