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

The path to future growth is clear. Pipelines are the safest way to move fuels. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Trump administration announces ‘long overdue reforms’ to punishments for energy company violations

By Emily Hallas June 4, 2025 4:00 pm

Trump energy officials visit Alaska in bid to unleash state’s energy resources

By Callie Patteson June 3, 2025 6:51 pm

FEMA taking hurricane season planning ‘seriously,’ Leavitt insists

By Anna Giaritelli June 3, 2025 3:44 pm

Constellation's agreement with Meta will enable the Clinton Clean Energy Center to continue to flow emissions-free power onto the local grid, providing grid reliability and low-cost power to the region for decades to come.

Meta signs 20-year deal for nuclear energy in central Illinois

By Callie Patteson June 3, 2025 11:44 am

Trump surprises FERC by moving to replace Republican chairman

By Callie Patteson June 3, 2025 10:14 am

An American flag is posted near destroyed homes after a tornado passed through the area on May 17, 2025, in London, Ky.

National Weather Service commences rehires after layoffs

By Jenny Goldsberry June 3, 2025 8:37 am

Palisades Nuclear Plant in Covert Township, Michigan.

Shuttered Michigan nuclear plant clears major hurdle to restart

By Callie Patteson May 30, 2025 1:45 pm

In this April 5, 2016 file photo, a man carries a sign before a rally opposing the Constitution Pipeline outside the state Capitol in Albany, New York. The nearly $1 billion Constitution Pipeline project that was designed to bring natural gas from Pennsylvania's shale gas fields to metropolitan New York and New England has been abandoned after years of legal regulatory challenges made it economically unfeasible, according to a statement Monday from a spokeswoman for project partner Duke Energy said Monday, Feb. 24, 2020.

Dead pipeline projects in New York seek permits to resume construction

By Callie Patteson May 29, 2025 5:08 pm

Supreme Court narrows federal environmental reviews for major energy projects

By Callie Patteson May 29, 2025 11:57 am

Boil water advisory in effect for Richmond, Virginia, after plant malfunction

By Elaine Mallon May 27, 2025 5:34 pm

President Donald Trump is issuing a memorandum directing his Cabinet and other agency heads to review all federal funding provided to nongovernmental organizations.

Tracking the repeal of Biden regulations through the Congressional Review Act

By Maydeen Merino May 27, 2025 5:00 am

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Environmental groups sue over Louisiana law suppressing community air monitoring

By Annabella Rosciglione May 23, 2025 2:44 pm