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Former President Donald Trump said he would "lower the cost of energy," if reelected.

Trump vows EPA rollbacks as climate becomes hot campaign issue

By David Jordan
Posted August 29, 2024 at 4:41pm
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, has a bill that would block new dishwasher standards without a showing of significant savings to consumers.

House to vote on blocking new dishwasher, refrigerator standards

By David Jordan
Posted July 9, 2024 at 7:47am
Rep. Sylvia R. Garcia, D-Texas, speaks during a vigil and "thirst strike" for workers’ rights on the House steps of the Capitol in 2023. The strike followed members of Congress pressing the Biden administration to implement an OSHA workplace heat standard.

Labor adds heat rule as world temps rise

By David Jordan
Posted July 2, 2024 at 5:00am
John Podesta, senior adviser to the president for clean energy innovation, said the rules “will give clarity and certainty to developers and the workers they employ that clean energy jobs will be good jobs.”

Rules on clean energy prevailing wage, apprenticeships finalized

By David Jordan
Posted June 18, 2024 at 9:55am
Former President Donald Trump has targeted Biden administration environmental rules for repeal if he's elected.

Biden rules issued from now on vulnerable to repeal if he loses

By David Jordan
Posted June 18, 2024 at 5:00am
“This bill disarms our military in the face of the climate crisis,” says House Appropriations ranking member Rosa DeLauro.

GOP’s fiscal 2025 spending bills heavy on climate change riders

By David Jordan
Posted June 10, 2024 at 2:56pm
Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen testified to Congress that projects have not delivered the quality or quantity of emissions savings claimed.

Biden administration moves to raise trust in carbon markets

By David Jordan
Posted June 4, 2024 at 1:38pm
Sen. Joe Manchin III of West Virginia is seen in the Capitol on Jan. 23.

Manchin ditches Democrats, registers as independent

By David Jordan
Posted May 31, 2024 at 11:44am
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., took over an investigation that began in the House.

Democrats refer ‘big oil’ investigation to Justice Department

By David Jordan
Posted May 22, 2024 at 3:23pm
Lael Brainard, director of the National Economic Council, said China is flooding the global marketplace with underpriced products.

Citing unfair trade, Biden hikes tariffs on Chinese EVs, batteries

By David Jordan
Posted May 14, 2024 at 6:35am
Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Ariz., introduced the energy efficiency standards measure to be considered by the House Tuesday.

House eyes energy standard limits as climate wars hit laundry

By David Jordan
Posted May 7, 2024 at 6:00am
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, said recent actions amounted to “sanctioning” Alaska.

Interior defends public land actions labeled as political moves

By David Jordan
Posted May 6, 2024 at 1:25pm
A flag with the EPA logo flies in front of the agency.

EPA says its new strict power plant rules will pass legal tests

By David Jordan
Posted April 25, 2024 at 5:00am
EPA Administrator Michael Regan said designating these chemicals under Superfund authority will expedite cleanups.

Superfund designation for PFAS raises concern over liability

By David Jordan
Posted April 23, 2024 at 1:15pm
A sign warning people of asbestos is seen in front of a pile of construction debris that was dumped on a highway near a development in Chelsea, Mass., on May 5, 2022.

EPA finalizes ban on all remaining uses and importation of asbestos

By David Jordan
Posted March 18, 2024 at 5:03pm
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., says the rulemaking will leave "millions of Americans behind to deal with the negative consequences.”

Supreme Court to hear cross-state pollution case

By David Jordan
Posted February 20, 2024 at 2:56pm
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., said Thursday she will not seek reelection in November.

Energy and Commerce Chair Rodgers won’t run again

By Daniela Altimari and David Jordan
Posted February 8, 2024 at 4:41pm
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., said he'll block Energy and State department nominees over the permitting issue.

Kennedy vows to block Energy, State nominees over Biden LNG pause

By David Jordan
Posted January 30, 2024 at 2:03pm
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., says efforts to remove dams shows disregard for the hydropower and irrigation they offer.

House GOP members look to block eastern Washington dam breaches

By David Jordan
Posted January 29, 2024 at 2:12pm
Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., talks with reporters after a meeting of the House Republican Conference in on Wednesday.

Republicans defeat another rule in House over spending deal

By David Jordan and David Lerman
Posted January 10, 2024 at 4:38pm
Rep. Mary Peltola

Indigenous peoples’ dissenting views on Arctic drilling fuels debate

By David Jordan
Posted December 11, 2023 at 1:26pm
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Ark., left, and ranking member Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D-Ariz.

Recreation bill aims to foster biking, target shooting on public lands

By David Jordan
Posted November 29, 2023 at 4:49pm
Rachel Kyte, former climate envoy at the World Bank, says there’s urgency for a loss and damage fund.

Fund for developing nations headlines global climate conference

By David Jordan
Posted November 28, 2023 at 1:22pm
Chairman Thomas J. Bliley Jr. and ranking member John D. Dingell are seen during a House Commerce Committee hearing in January 1998.

Bliley, who rode red wave to Commerce chair, dies at 91

By David Jordan
Posted November 17, 2023 at 12:14pm
Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas, is retiring after his current term ends.

Burgess announces House retirement after 11 terms

By David Jordan
Posted November 13, 2023 at 5:17pm
Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., will not seek another term.

Manchin will not seek reelection, plans to travel country

By Niels Lesniewski and David Jordan
Posted November 9, 2023 at 3:05pm, Updated at 4:04pm
The proposal by Rep. Ann McLane Kuster would establish a new Community Economic Development Transmission Fund.

Outdoor athletes throw weight behind transmission proposal

By David Jordan
Posted October 23, 2023 at 12:58pm
"We have to do both," Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., said about addressing climate change while protecting worker rights.

Unions rebut claims green jobs will be worse for workers

By David Jordan
Posted September 25, 2023 at 2:29pm
The administration will be urging AmeriCorps to make some of its education awards available to Climate Corps members.

Biden takes executive action to launch Climate Corps

By David Jordan
Posted September 20, 2023 at 8:10am
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said Wednesday that the lease-sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was seriously flawed.

Biden administration cancels leases in Alaska wildlife refuge

By David Jordan
Posted September 6, 2023 at 3:45pm
President Joe Biden is marking the anniversary of the Aug. 16, 2022, enactment of his climate, tax and health bill. He spoke Tuesday at Ingeteam Inc., an electrical equipment manufacturer, in Milwaukee.

As Biden celebrates climate funding, Republicans eye the money

By David Jordan
Posted August 16, 2023 at 2:13pm
Maya Tilousi, member of the Hopi Tribe, Havasupai Tribe of Grand Canyon and the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes, shakes hands with President Joe Biden at Red Butte Airfield in Arizona on Tuesday. Biden put the brakes on uranium mining around the Grand Canyon by giving an area of nearly 1 million acres national monument status.

Biden designates national monument for lands near Grand Canyon

By David Jordan
Posted August 8, 2023 at 5:00am, Updated at 3:29pm
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., returned to the issue of transmission sitings at a hearing last week.

Congress faces permitting issues unresolved by debt ceiling law

By David Jordan
Posted August 2, 2023 at 6:00am
John Kerry, right, the special envoy for climate change, would see his office eliminated in the House's draft fiscal 2024 State-Foreign Operations spending bill.

Spending bill targets Kerry’s office, global climate spending

By David Jordan
Posted July 5, 2023 at 7:00am
Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Ala., introduced legislation to rescind money in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, calling it a slush fund.

EPA announces grant competition to fund residential solar

By David Jordan
Posted June 28, 2023 at 12:37pm
Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah, speaks during the House Natural Resources Committee hearing on his legislation on June 15.

House Republicans aim to block a BLM land management proposal

By David Jordan
Posted June 21, 2023 at 6:30am
Rep. Kelly Armstrong, R-N.D., said the bill wouldn't prevent the Consumer Product Safety Commission from doing research or from agreeing on voluntary standards with the industry.

House returns to gas stoves, passing bill to block federal ban

By David Jordan
Posted June 13, 2023 at 6:22pm
Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., said the easing of environmental law 'is all about unlocking America's resources.'

Debt measure alters environmental law, but less than GOP hoped

By David Jordan
Posted June 5, 2023 at 1:30pm
EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan said he was “deeply disappointed that the court is taking away the EPA’s ability that has been standing for 50 years.”

Supreme Court ruling will force changes to ‘waters of US’ rule

By David Jordan
Posted May 25, 2023 at 5:43pm
From left, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Tom Carper, D-Del., conduct a news conference after the Senate luncheons in the Capitol on March 7.

Carper retirement sets up committee leadership shuffle

By David Jordan
Posted May 22, 2023 at 6:37pm
Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., have both offered permitting overhaul bills.

Permitting overhaul: Before or after debt ceiling talks?

By David Jordan
Posted May 15, 2023 at 11:42am
White House adviser John Podesta described administration priorities for an overhaul of the federal permitting system during an event at the Bipartisan Policy Center.

White House outlines goals for permitting legislation

By David Jordan
Posted May 10, 2023 at 5:48pm
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., one of the leaders of the inquiry while chairing the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Environment, passed its work to Senate Budget Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., who had previously talked with Khanna about examining the oil companies' climate comments.

Democrats still aim to probe oil giants’ knowledge of climate change

By David Jordan and Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted May 3, 2023 at 11:48am
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., said he hopes the regulation considers the "terrible social cost of carbon emissions."

As EPA readies climate rule, Obama and Trump eras linger

By Benjamin J. Hulac and David Jordan
Posted May 1, 2023 at 12:38pm
The court case stemmed from protections for the Canada lynx.

Legislation would ease impact of Endangered Species Act ruling

By David Jordan
Posted April 26, 2023 at 1:57pm
House Natural Resources ranking member Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., says he worries that calls for a faster permitting system may mean that the lands near the Grand Canyon will once again be under consideration for mining.

Protection sought for uranium-rich land near Grand Canyon

By David Jordan
Posted April 18, 2023 at 6:00am
"This is what we mean when we say that tackling the climate crisis is about creating opportunity," said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan.

To boost EVs, EPA proposes stricter vehicle emissions standards

By David Jordan and Valerie Yurk
Posted April 12, 2023 at 8:34am
The EPA’s “good neighbor” plan aims to reduce cross-state smog pollution from power plants and other industrial sources by requiring the use of emissions reduction technologies.

Republicans question EPA ‘good neighbor’ rule

By David Jordan
Posted April 6, 2023 at 7:00am
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is making the rounds to defend the Biden administration's budget request.

GOP House appropriators say Interior must ‘do more with less’

By David Jordan
Posted March 28, 2023 at 3:10pm
Part of a filtration system designed to filter out PFAS substances from drinking water at a facility in Horsham, Pa.

Utilities see new costs in proposed PFAS water rule

By David Jordan
Posted March 22, 2023 at 7:00am
Emissions that cross state lines and cause smog are targeted by the new rule.

EPA finalizes cross-state smog plan over Manchin’s objection

By David Jordan
Posted March 15, 2023 at 4:09pm
Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, chairman of the House Interior-Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, said the Biden administration is "out of touch" and that in his role he remains "committed to crafting a responsible budget that successfully meets America's needs and contributes to the long-term health of our economy."

Republicans greet call for expanded EPA staffing with skepticism

By David Jordan
Posted March 13, 2023 at 4:28pm
Rep. Bruce Westerman leads a House Natural Resources Committee hearing on Feb. 28.

Westerman sees bipartisan path for permitting overhaul

By David Jordan
Posted March 6, 2023 at 4:11pm
Rep. Pete Stauber says the current permitting landscape is “abused by keep-it-in-the-ground activists who oppose mining solely on ideological grounds.”

Republicans see conflict in Biden push for critical minerals

By David Jordan
Posted February 28, 2023 at 1:25pm
From left, Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., hold a news conference in the Capitol on gas prices on May 18, 2022.

Despite criticism, Biden hasn’t slowed energy production

By David Jordan
Posted February 13, 2023 at 3:23pm
A law passed last year gives the EPA more money to monitor methane emissions. Flared natural gas is seen burning off at the Deadwood natural gas plant at Garden City, Texas, in 2015.

Biden must count on agencies for environmental agenda

By David Jordan
Posted February 6, 2023 at 2:47pm
Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert referred to the gun ban as an “anti-member safety amendment.”

A ‘most partisan’ committee drops its gun ban

By David Jordan
Posted February 1, 2023 at 4:09pm
A fishing boat captian navigates past the canneries and fish-processing plants along the Naknek River on the way to fish the waters of Bristol Bay.

EPA blocks mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed

By David Jordan
Posted January 31, 2023 at 8:00am, Updated at 11:50am
The impact of a severe drought can be seen in the Lake Mead behind the Hoover Dam.

Colorado River states still fractured over water cuts

By Valerie Yurk and David Jordan
Posted January 30, 2023 at 1:11pm
"This bill is about restoring America’s energy security,” said its sponsor, House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers.

House passes bill tying oil reserve sales to federal leasing

By David Jordan
Posted January 27, 2023 at 2:11pm
Outdoor enthusiasts travel by canoe through several of the hundreds of fresh water lakes that make up the Boundary Waters.

Biden administration issues Boundary Waters mining moratorium

By David Jordan
Posted January 26, 2023 at 4:00pm
Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said the bill would “impose unnecessary, unhelpful restrictions on when the SPR can be used to help provide supply.”

House GOP aims to tie oil reserve sales to public land drilling

By David Jordan
Posted January 25, 2023 at 6:00am
House Energy and Commerce Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers introduced the measure to prohibit the sale of any petroleum products from the SPR to “any entity that is under the ownership, control, or influence of the Chinese Communist Party.”

House passes bill limiting oil reserve sales to China

By David Jordan
Posted January 12, 2023 at 2:19pm
An industry group said research on gas range emissions did not take real-life factors into account.

After backlash, safety commission says gas stove ban unlikely

By David Jordan
Posted January 11, 2023 at 11:56am, Updated at 1:36pm
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said the new Congress is unlikely to pass a permitting overhaul.

Manchin’s permit overhaul falls short again

By David Jordan
Posted December 15, 2022 at 7:38pm
“We’re not talking about gutting environmental laws, we’re talking about making the environmental laws work so that we can actually protect the environment and we can have a strong and vibrant economy all at the same time,” Rep. Bruce Westerman says. 

Westerman won’t be ‘boxed in’ by climate at Natural Resources

By David Jordan
Posted December 1, 2022 at 6:15am
The most pressing threat to the survival of the rare Tiehm's buckwheat is mining, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

How a rare plant species could hinder a proposed lithium mine

By David Jordan
Posted November 17, 2022 at 6:00am
Environmental activists rallied in front of the White House to mark the close of the 90-day public comment period on the Department of Interior’s proposed Five Year Plan for offshore oil and gas drilling on Thursday.

Interior moves forward with oil and gas drill site leasing

By David Jordan
Posted October 6, 2022 at 4:24pm
Jaime Sigaran of American Rivers and his sister Bethsaida attend a rally to call for protection of the Clean Water Act outside the Supreme Court on Monday.

Justices question test for determining protected wetlands

By David Jordan
Posted October 3, 2022 at 4:34pm
The Supreme Court is being asked to determine whether bodies of water like swamps or bogs are within federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act.

Supreme Court to hear case on EPA’s Clean Water Act authority

By David Jordan
Posted September 29, 2022 at 9:11am
Republicans often view a permitting overhaul as a way to cut through environmental reviews, while Democrats think of it as a way to speed low-carbon power projects and decouple from fossil fuels. Above, high-voltage electricity transmission towers and lines in Texas.

With Manchin’s bill aside, other permitting proposals await

By Benjamin J. Hulac and David Jordan
Posted September 28, 2022 at 6:30am
Electric power lines are pictured on Aquasco Farm Road in Prince George's County, Md.

Permitting overhaul puts usual allies in opposing camps

By David Jordan
Posted September 26, 2022 at 3:41pm
Sn. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., holds a news conference on energy permitting reform in the Capitol on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022.

Manchin permitting bill faces difficult path forward

By David Jordan
Posted September 22, 2022 at 3:51pm
Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., released the long-awaited text of his federal permitting overhaul proposal.

Manchin unveils permitting proposal as battle lines harden

By David Jordan
Posted September 21, 2022 at 7:54pm
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., left, and ranking member John Barrasso, R-Wyo., have pointed to the Canadian energy permitting system as something to emulate.

US mining advocates look north and like what they see

By David Jordan
Posted September 21, 2022 at 9:18am
“I feel a deep obligation to use my platform to ensure that our public lands and waters are accessible and welcoming,” Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said Thursday.

Interior Department renaming sites containing Native slur

By David Jordan
Posted September 8, 2022 at 2:24pm
Plenty of electric-vehicle chargers are being installed in the U.S. But there is a shortage of critical minerals for EV batteries.

EV tax credit may be out of reach for most consumers

By David Jordan
Posted September 6, 2022 at 6:00am
A resident of Westminster, Mass., shown in June, is among 200 local families that have had some of the highest PFAS levels detected in their drinking water and had to rely on bottled water.

EPA proposes hazardous designation for two ‘forever chemicals’

By David Jordan
Posted August 26, 2022 at 2:26pm
Coal-fired Navajo Generating Station near Page, Ariz.

Reconciliation language shores up EPA clean air authority

By David Jordan and Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted August 25, 2022 at 3:57pm
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced the formation of an Office of Environmental Justice in May.

Justice Department to investigate Houston over dumping response

By David Jordan
Posted July 22, 2022 at 1:26pm
Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., with United Mine Workers of America President Cecil Roberts in 2017.

After Manchin tanks talks, climate action moves to life support

By Benjamin J. Hulac and David Jordan
Posted July 18, 2022 at 6:00am
According to EPA data, the transportation sector was the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in 2020, mostly from light-duty vehicles.

States would set lower highway emissions goals under proposed rule

By David Jordan
Posted July 7, 2022 at 12:56pm, Updated at 4:49pm
In this photo provided by the National Park Service, the Yellowstone National Park's North Entrance Road is washed out after flooding on June 16.

Big spending boost may be too little for national parks’ needs

By David Jordan
Posted July 6, 2022 at 6:00am
Rep. Frank Pallone, seen here with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has called for renewal of a ban on crude oil exports.

Pallone presses White House to reinstate crude oil export ban

By David Jordan
Posted June 30, 2022 at 12:58pm
Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm at Wednesday's daily White House press briefing.

‘Constructive’ talk but no deal as Granholm meets oil execs

By David Jordan
Posted June 23, 2022 at 5:22pm
President Joe Biden speaks about gas prices Wednesday in the South Court Auditorium at the White House.

Congress skeptical about Biden’s call to suspend gas tax

By David Jordan
Posted June 22, 2022 at 3:43pm
Flames appear from the flaring of methane near a well in the Bakken oil field.

White House unveils global steps to speed climate transition

By David Jordan
Posted June 17, 2022 at 12:39pm
An engineer showed a sample of the ion exchange resin that the Orange County Groundwater Authority uses to remove PFAS chemicals from drinking water at a treatment plant that went online in 2021 in Fullerton, Calif.

‘Forever chemical’ response may push costs to water utilities

By David Jordan
Posted June 16, 2022 at 6:00am
Rob Bilott, a corporate defense attorney who represented a community that was dangerously exposed for decades to PFAS, spoke a Washington news conference in 2019.

EPA sets stricter advisories for ‘forever chemicals’ in water

By David Jordan
Posted June 15, 2022 at 11:53am
ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods testified remotely that “as science has evolved and developed our understanding has evolved and developed.”

House panel presses oil executives on climate disinformation

By David Jordan
Posted October 28, 2021 at 6:20pm
EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan testifies on June 9 before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee. The agency is moving to block the pesticide chlorpyrifos used on food.

EPA bans all food uses for the pesticide chlorpyrifos

By David Jordan
Posted August 18, 2021 at 4:45pm
House Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith, left, says the April 30 defense authorization markup was canceled to comply with the 30-day extension of the Trump administration’s guidance on social distancing.

House Armed Services delays NDAA markup amid coronavirus pandemic

By David Jordan
Posted March 30, 2020 at 4:41pm
Rep. Debbie Lesko, R-Ariz., talks with reporters outside the deposition of Laura Cooper, deputy assistant secretary of defense, during the House's impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump in October 2019.

Trump ally Debbie Lesko gains clout

By David Jordan
Posted March 20, 2020 at 6:30am

Getting to the bottom of the missing youth vote

By David Jordan
Posted March 3, 2020 at 6:30am