Energy and Environment

Trump’s overhaul of Nuclear Regulatory Commission spurs fears of more delays

By Callie Patteson August 1, 2025 6:00 am

EPA delays methane rule for oil and gas as rollback looms

Maydeen Merino Jul 31, 2025

Trump administration halts ‘special treatment’ for wind energy government projects

Washington Examiner Staff Jul 31, 2025

FILE - This Sept. 19, 2019, file photo, shows a spotted lanternfly at a vineyard in Kutztown, Pa. Pennsylvania has started using insecticide on spotted lanternflies, a new strategy that state officials are using in an attempt to slow the spread of the invasive pest. Crews using backpack sprayers and truck-mounted spray equipment are spraying the bugs along railways, interstates and other transportation rights-of-way, the state Agriculture Department said Friday, May 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Chinese lanternflies are in DC — what to know

Ally Goelz Jul 30, 2025

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach speaks during an interview with The Associated Press, Dec. 18, 2024, in his office in Topeka, Kan.

Kansas AG demands DOJ investigation into Chinese ‘environmental lawfare’ against US energy

Emily Hallas Jul 29, 2025

Biden-era clean energy provisions on the chopping block in Trump agenda bill proposals

By Nick Thomas June 13, 2025 6:10 am

President Donald Trump holds up a signed bill blocking California's rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035 in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump signs repeal of California rules that would ban gas cars

By Maydeen Merino June 12, 2025 12:22 pm

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington.

WATCH LIVE: Trump signs bill reversing California ban on gas-powered vehicles

By Emily Hallas June 12, 2025 11:02 am

CDC rehires 450 employees fired from HIV prevention, environmental centers

By Jenny Goldsberry June 12, 2025 10:13 am

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin listens during the annual Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference on Tuesday, June 3, 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska.

Trump EPA moves to revoke Biden power plant emission rules

By Maydeen Merino June 11, 2025 2:50 pm

Energy Secretary Chris Wright appears before the House Appropriations Committee on May 7, 2025.

Chris Wright backs loan office and clean tax credits before Congress

By Callie Patteson June 10, 2025 3:54 pm

A man walks through wildfire wreckage Friday, Aug. 11, 2023, in Lahaina, Hawaii. Hawaii emergency management records show no indication that warning sirens sounded before people ran for their lives from wildfires on Maui that wiped out the historic town.

Lahaina wildfire cleanup continues with truck transport nearly two years later

By Jenny Goldsberry June 10, 2025 9:11 am

New Trump permitting council head hopes to make agency unnecessary

By Callie Patteson June 7, 2025 5:00 am

How Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ would affect Musk and Tesla

By Callie Patteson and Maydeen Merino June 6, 2025 1:03 pm

DOT says Biden fuel economy rule exceeded law by including electric vehicles

By Maydeen Merino June 6, 2025 11:13 am

The sun sets on California’s massive solar plant

By Zachary Faria June 6, 2025 5:15 am

In this April 16, 2012 photo, a general view of the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River is seen in Baltimore.

2,000 gallons of diesel spill into Baltimore harbor

By Jenny Goldsberry June 5, 2025 9:47 am