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"What we have is a disagreement on principle," House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Peter A. DeFazio, D-Ore., said of Republican complaints about the infrastructure bill.

Passing infrastructure bill, Democrats go all-in on climate

By Jessica Wehrman, Benjamin J. Hulac and Elvina Nawaguna
Posted July 1, 2020 at 7:05pm
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler speaks during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on May 20.

EPA sets date to end reduced enforcement; Democrats are unmoved

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted July 1, 2020 at 3:34pm
"Our economy and national security greatly benefit from nuclear energy," said Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska.

Nuclear energy allies back advanced reactors in NDAA

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted June 29, 2020 at 1:22pm
Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., and a group of fellow Republican lawmakers met in April with President Donald Trump to press concerns about the oil industry in a time of cheap oil.

Left out of rescue bills, smaller oil firm bankruptcies surge

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted June 24, 2020 at 7:00am
Federal public lands, including Yellowstone National Park, would get money to catch up on maintenance under the bill.

Pretty pictures sold Trump on outdoors bill, backers say

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted June 17, 2020 at 5:46pm, Updated at 7:54pm
Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., speaks at a news conference in March on the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

Conservation groups cheer passage of lands bill in Senate

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted June 17, 2020 at 6:05am, Updated at 1:55pm
Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy pushed to amend the bill to have it remove the cap on revenue from offshore drilling fees that some states get to help them maintain their coastlines.

House aims to vote on public lands legislation by July 4

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted June 12, 2020 at 12:19pm
Republican Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado is facing a tough reelection battle and eager to pass the outdoor bill.

Outdoor bill nears debate with limited amendments

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted June 11, 2020 at 11:18am
Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., speaks with a staffer last week.

Conservation bill clears one Senate hurdle, but more remain

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted June 8, 2020 at 8:28pm
From left, Sens. Steve Daines, Bill Cassidy and Cory Gardner attend a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee markup in the Dirksen Building on Jan. 8, 2015.

A lot riding on conservation bill vote for Gardner, Daines

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted June 8, 2020 at 6:01am
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler speaks during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on May 20.

EPA move to alter public health measures alarms advocates

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted June 5, 2020 at 6:00am
President Donald Trump in the Oval Office before signing an executive order on regulating social media on May 28.

Trump executive order aims to speed permits for infrastructure

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted June 4, 2020 at 5:40pm
"China holds an overwhelming advantage in access to critical minerals and the COVID-19 pandemic has made it dangerously clear that we can’t take our supply for granted," said Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., a cosponsor of a bill to ease mining rules.

In pandemic, GOP sees opportunity for critical minerals bill

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted June 3, 2020 at 2:14pm
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler at a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing in May.

States lose some Clean Water Act authority under new EPA rule

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted June 1, 2020 at 5:17pm
Fort Lauderdale in November 2018. NOAA on Thursday said it expects an "above normal" Atlantic Ocean hurricane season this year.

NOAA sees busy hurricane season colliding with COVID-19

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted May 21, 2020 at 3:26pm
Yellowstone National Park closed to visitors on March 24 because of the COVID-19 virus threat to surrounding communities.

National Parks reopen without release of plan or infection data

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted May 21, 2020 at 6:30am
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler speaks during a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on May 20.

EPA’s Wheeler defends pandemic moves as Markey demands apology

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted May 20, 2020 at 6:17pm
Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette.

Energy Department to buy oil for reserve and to help industry

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted May 13, 2020 at 6:55pm
The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating Station in the Mojave Desert in California.

Green supporters see holes in Democrats’ recovery bill

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted May 13, 2020 at 6:01pm
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, wants to find a way to support the oil industry, a key driver of her state's economy.

Lawmakers find markets mean more than policy in oil industry

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted May 12, 2020 at 7:00am
A Mobil gas station in Washington.

Fed change allows oil companies to qualify for recovery loans

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted April 30, 2020 at 3:54pm
Coal miners attended a June ceremony where Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Wheeler signed the Affordable Clean Energy final rule at EPA headquarters.

Citing pandemic, coal lobby seeks lower tax for black-lung care

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted April 28, 2020 at 3:22pm
Democratic lawmakers have expressed opposition to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's proposed plan to aid oil companies struggling as the coronavirus pandemic has grounded economic activity around the world.

Democrats line up against Mnuchin’s proposal to help oil companies

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted April 24, 2020 at 4:37pm
A mural with figures from Texas Revolution is featured on the side of an oil storage tank at the Vopak Terminal Deer Park in Houston on Tuesday.

Oil markets’ crash raises tough questions for the industry’s future

By Elvina Nawaguna, Benjamin J. Hulac and Caroline Tanner
Posted April 22, 2020 at 6:00am
Gasoline prices are displayed at at a service station off of I-95 in Oxon Hill, Md., last Thursday.

Trump vows to bolster oil industry, but it isn’t asking for help

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted April 21, 2020 at 6:03pm
An oil pumpjack operates near Long Beach, Calif. as oil prices traded in negative territory for the first time on Monday.

Oil prices fall below zero and Trump sees a buying opportunity

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted April 20, 2020 at 5:34pm, Updated at 9:20pm
Oil rigs near Port Fourchon, La., in 2010. Top political officials at agencies that regulate energy issues and the environment have been particularly active during the coronavirus pandemic in pursuing policies with repercussions that will likely stretch for years.

EPA and Interior ease rules amid pandemic as repeal window nears

By Benjamin J. Hulac, Caroline Tanner and Elvina Nawaguna
Posted April 20, 2020 at 6:00am
Emissions from coal-fired power plants dropped dramatically during the pandemic.

EPA finalizes eased mercury emissions rule

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted April 16, 2020 at 3:19pm
An ethanol biomass refinery plant.

Oil-state governors seek renewable fuel waiver for refiners

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted April 16, 2020 at 1:33pm
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, is among the lawmakers who say the Energy Department should fill the Strategic Petroleum reserve while prices are low.

DOE negotiating with oil companies to store excess supplies

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted April 14, 2020 at 1:57pm
Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy pushed to amend the bill to have it remove the cap on revenue from offshore drilling fees that some states get to help them maintain their coastlines.

Cassidy says Interior will speed waiving of royalty fees for oil firms

By Benjamin J. Hulac and Elvina Nawaguna
Posted April 9, 2020 at 5:37pm
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, wants to find a way to support the oil industry, a key driver of her state's economy.

Oil-state lawmakers hope for resolution at OPEC

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted April 8, 2020 at 4:29pm
The EPA declined to strengthen rules to limit emissions of particulates.

EPA urged to heed warning in study of pollution and COVID-19

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted April 7, 2020 at 4:12pm
Climate change protesters blocked morning traffic near the U.S. Capitol in September. Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call file photo

Climate’s on back burner, but advocates see COVID-19 parallels

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted April 6, 2020 at 6:30am
Chairwoman Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and ranking member Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W. Va., arrive for a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing. Murkowski is demanding the administration intervene to move oil markets.

Trump to meet with oil industry as stockpiles near overflow

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted April 1, 2020 at 4:23pm
Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., Environment and Public Works Committee ranking member, shown here speaking with reporters as he arrives in the Capitol, is reviewing EPA actions during the pandemic, a spokesman says.

Advocates see flaws as EPA eases compliance rules in crisis

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted March 27, 2020 at 2:54pm
Yellowstone National Park closed to visitors on March 24 because of the COVID-19 virus threat to surrounding communities.

Yellowstone and other national parks are closing after waived fees led to more visitors

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted March 25, 2020 at 2:10pm
Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming will affect transportation policies, climate change legislation, nuclear oversight and wildlife issues.

In coronavirus aid debate, GOP sees a favorite target: Green New Deal

By Benjamin J. Hulac and Elvina Nawaguna
Posted March 24, 2020 at 5:25pm
Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette, shown at his November 2019 confirmation hearing, says the department will take advantage of falling prices to fill the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

DOE moves to fill reserves as oil prices plummet

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted March 19, 2020 at 3:34pm
Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., wants his Surface Transportation bill to find a home in the next coronavirus stimulus measure.

Barrasso pushes for highway spending in next stimulus bill

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted March 17, 2020 at 1:45pm
Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., was unable to attend the House Natural Resources Committee hearing.

Citing COVID-19, GOP lawmakers skip Arizona copper mine hearing

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted March 12, 2020 at 2:27pm
Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt testifies during his Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee confirmation hearing on March 28, 2019. (File photo by Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

After Trump’s conservation fund reversal, senators are urged to get on board

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted March 4, 2020 at 2:32pm
Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., talks on his phone in the hallway outside of the Senate Republicans’ weekly lunch on Oct. 29, 2019.

Trump calls for full funding of conservation account

By Niels Lesniewski and Elvina Nawaguna
Posted March 3, 2020 at 6:09pm
Republican lawmakers are embracing a plan to plant a trillion trees to fight climate change.

A trillion trees not enough to fix climate crisis, critics say

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted February 26, 2020 at 2:58pm
Emissions from coal-fired power plants dropped dramatically during the pandemic.

Trump’s EPA readies rollback of industry-backed pollution rule

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted February 26, 2020 at 6:30am
Janet Yellen testifying before a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing in 2017

Yellen and an all-star, bipartisan coalition pitch carbon tax

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted February 13, 2020 at 5:00pm
Climate change protesters blocked morning traffic near the U.S. Capitol in September. Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call file photo

Trump’s budget steps on GOP’s new climate message

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted February 13, 2020 at 4:13pm
At a news conference, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., released the first few in what is expected to be a series of Republican climate-related bills that they hope will demonstrate the party can acknowledge and act on climate change.

Young Republicans push party to act on climate change

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted February 13, 2020 at 2:02pm
People gathered in Pensacola, Fla. in 2010 for an event to protest  offshore oil drilling after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

In Florida, Democrats aim to wrap Trump in his offshore drilling plan

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted January 30, 2020 at 7:00am
Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., talks with reporters after a meeting of the House Democratic Caucus. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

House Democrats offer plan for zero carbon emissions by 2050

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted January 28, 2020 at 6:16pm
President Donald Trump shows a hat that says “Make Counties Great Again” before signing an executive order in February 2017 to  roll-back of environmental regulations put in place by the Obama administration. (Aude Guerrucci-Pool/Getty Images file photo)

EPA finalizes clean water rollback amid science challenges

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted January 23, 2020 at 11:02am
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., attends a press conference to discuss climate change on Sept. 17, 2019. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call file photo)

USMCA bill tough vote for Democrats over lack of environmental protections

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted January 14, 2020 at 5:07pm
Jane Fonda, center, and Susan Sarandon, red scarf, march toward the Capitol on Friday during a weekly rally to call for action on climate change. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Climate-focused Democrats hope for November reward

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted January 13, 2020 at 7:01am
A slide shows growing acidification of the world’s oceans during a presentation of data at a climate conference in Spain earlier this month.  (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Study shows growing ocean damage as protection bills languish

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted December 11, 2019 at 5:15pm
Scott and others in the Florida delegation are seeking assurances that the Trump Administration won’t revive a proposal to allow oil and gas drilling off their state’s coasts. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Florida lawmakers seek assurance offshore drilling plan is dead

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted December 10, 2019 at 1:50pm
Emissions spew from a large stack at the coal fired Brandon Shores Power Plant in Baltimore.

Former EPA advisers say agency’s mercury proposal is flawed

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted December 5, 2019 at 5:45am
Rep. Donald McEachin, D-Va., is the lead sponsor of the bill, which would direct federal agencies to determine how to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Democrats plant a flag with bill to eliminate carbon emissions

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted November 22, 2019 at 9:11am
The EPA has proposed limits on the kinds of science that can be used to make environmental rules.  l(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Democrats urge career EPA scientist to resist research limits

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted November 13, 2019 at 4:43pm
A sign warns of possible airborne irritants after Palm Beach County closed its beaches because of a red tide algal bloom in October 2018. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Florida senators want federal help on their red tide problem

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted November 13, 2019 at 5:00am
A coal ash pond at Buck Steam Station in Salisbury, N.C. (Courtesy Les Stone/Greenpeace)

EPA proposes eased regulations on coal-ash pollution

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted November 4, 2019 at 3:35pm
A coal ash pile in Guayama, Puerto Rico. The pile’s owner, Arlington-based AES Corp., has asked the Trump administration to relax regulations for the disposal of toxic residues from burning coal.  (Courtesy Mabette Colon)

Coal-burning utility boosts lobbying, may get eased regulations

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted November 4, 2019 at 6:00am
Greta Thunberg, center right, sits with fellow youth climate activists at a Tuesday press conference on Capitol Hill to discuss climate change. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Greta Thunberg goes to Washington, an epicenter of climate inaction

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted September 18, 2019 at 5:00am
Swedish youth climate activist Greta Thunberg, center, makes her way to a press conference to discuss climate change. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Swedish teen Greta Thunberg joins senators, advocates seeking climate action

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted September 17, 2019 at 2:03pm
Wetlands and waterways such as those in the Florida Everglades, shown here, and the wildlife they sustain could be affected by the EPA's rollback of clean water protections. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Trump administration expected to roll back clean water rule

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted September 12, 2019 at 8:50am
A surfer rides a wave at the Huntington Beach pier with an oil rig and Catalina Island in the background in Huntington Beach, CA in 2018 (Photo by Digital First Media/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

House takes aim at Trump’s drilling plan with three bills

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted September 11, 2019 at 8:34am
Sens. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, and Mike Rounds, R-S.D., say incentives in the bill would only benefit wealthy people in coastal states while leaving out rural America. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Senate biofuel advocates want a piece of transportation bill

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted August 2, 2019 at 7:53am
Senate Environment and Public Works Chairman John Barrasso, R-Wyo., said. “The bill will speed up project delivery will cut Washington red tape, so projects can get done faster, better, cheaper and smarter.” (File photo by Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Highway bill upping spending by a quarter gets OK from Senate committee

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted July 31, 2019 at 9:21am
Senate Environment and Public Works chairman John Barrasso, in light of a new bill that aims to increase funding for repair of roads and bridges and that this can 'make the roads safer for every family driving on them. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Road bill would hike spending by 25 percent, speed permits and add climate title

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted July 29, 2019 at 4:42pm
Democrats, led by Sen. Edward J. Markey and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, center, introduce the Green New Deal in February. The resolution still hasn’t received a committee vote and hasn’t resulted in legislation. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Democrats appear stymied on a top priority: climate legislation

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted July 18, 2019 at 5:00am
Award winning bees at the Iowa 2018 State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa.  The EPA said Friday it was permitting the broader use of the pesticide sulfoxaflor. (Tom Williams/Roll Call file photo)

EPA approves use of bee-killing pesticide

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted July 15, 2019 at 11:00am
Climate change was lightly touched on during the second Democratic presidential debate in Miami, Florida. California Sen. Kamala Harris, right, and former Vice President Joe Biden, left, speak as Sen. Bernie Sanders looks on. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Climate change takes back seat at presidential debate — again

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted June 28, 2019 at 11:23am
Chuck Todd of NBC News greets Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), former housing secretary Julian Castro, former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke and other candidates after the first night of the Democratic presidential debate on June 26, 2019 in Miami, Florida. A field of 20 Democratic presidential candidates was split into two groups of 10 for the first debate of the 2020 election, taking place over two nights at Knight Concert Hall of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, hosted by NBC News, MSNBC, and Telemundo. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Climate change gets 10 minutes in Democrats’ 2-hour debate

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted June 27, 2019 at 1:28pm
Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., shepherds action on the House’s environmental spending measure. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Democrats weave climate messages into spending bills

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted June 24, 2019 at 9:09am
Emissions spew from a large stack at the coal fired Brandon Shores Power Plant in Baltimore.

Trump energy plan faces legal blitz over weaker emissions standards

By Elvina Nawaguna and Jacob Fischler
Posted June 20, 2019 at 11:50am
A flag hangs over an entrance to the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington on April 22, 2017. The EPA finalized a rule Wednesday that would replace the Obama administration’s signature carbon emissions plan, scrapped by President Donald Trump. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Trump EPA answer to Obama Clean Power Plan ‘does virtually nothing‘ to curb CO2

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted June 19, 2019 at 2:54pm
Cannabis plants grow in the greenhouse Johnstown, N.Y. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images file photo)

Legal pot makes it harder to recruit truck drivers, industry leader says

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted June 13, 2019 at 9:00am
Months after Hurricane Michael struck Tyndall Air Force Base in October, the main hangar’s roof is badly damaged. (Elvina Nawaguna/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Military bases unprepared for gathering climate change storm 

By Elvina Nawaguna and Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted June 12, 2019 at 5:00am
The EPA on Friday announced a proposal to ease an annual requirement for ethanol in gasoline. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images file photo)

Trump administration lifts summer restrictions on higher-ethanol gasoline

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted May 31, 2019 at 4:45pm
From left, Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., Vice President Mike Pence, Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., President Donald Trump, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., exit the Capitol after the annual Friends of Ireland Luncheon on March 14, 2019. As Democrats head to the White House to meet with Trump over a massive public works bill, the president told them such legislation should take a back seat to his new NAFTA deal, the USMCA. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Trump to Democrats: OK new NAFTA before public works bill

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted May 22, 2019 at 9:43am
Stephen Dickson, nominee to be administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, testifies during his confirmation hearing in the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee on Wednesday, May 15, 2019. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

FAA Nominee Faces Questions Over Boeing at Confirmation Hearing

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted May 15, 2019 at 5:03pm
Congressional Democrats talk to reporters following a Tuesday meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on infrastructure. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

White House stalls on endorsing $2 trillion for public works

By Elvina Nawaguna and John T. Bennett
Posted April 30, 2019 at 1:03pm
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., arrive for a new conference in the Capitol about a continuing resolution to re-open the government on January 25, 2019. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Schumer: Gas tax hike should be tied to 2017 tax cut rollback

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted April 29, 2019 at 2:28pm
The Washington Monument can be seen as traffic travels over the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge April 13, 2015. The bridge is one of 61,000 bridges across America that the Department of Transportation said were structurally deficient and in need of repair. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Pelosi, Schumer head to the White House for infrastructure talks

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted April 29, 2019 at 11:59am
Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao arrives for the Senate Appropriations Committee Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee hearing on the proposed Transportation Department budget for FY2020 on Wednesday, March 27, 2019. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Chao defends delayed 737 Max decision, to House appropriators

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted April 11, 2019 at 10:50am
Chairman Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and ranking member Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., are seen before a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing in Dirksen Building on “electricity sector in a changing climate” on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

An overeager legal strategy may endanger Trump’s energy goals

By Benjamin J. Hulac and Elvina Nawaguna
Posted April 4, 2019 at 10:49am
President Donald Trump greets supporters during a rally at the Van Andel Arena on March 28 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. On Monday, Trump asked Congress to shift project funds to swing states he needs to win for a 2020 victory. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Trump contradicts his own plan to slash Great Lakes preservation funds

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted March 29, 2019 at 1:21pm
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., questions William P. Barr, nominee to he Attorney General of the United States, during his confirmation hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senate Democrats dodge vote on Green New Deal resolution

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted March 26, 2019 at 6:42pm
For supporters of the Green New Deal resolution — sponsored by Sen. Edward J. Markey and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — the threat of climate change is a fulcrum to tackle the country’s social, economic, racial and historical ills. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

The ABCs of the Green New Deal

By Benjamin J. Hulac and Elvina Nawaguna
Posted March 25, 2019 at 5:03am
Rep. Paul Tonko, D-N.Y., speaks during the Bipartisan Heroin Task Force news conference on the release of the 2018 legislative agenda for the 115th Congress on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

This Democrat seeks GOP support with new climate action plan

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted March 21, 2019 at 3:22pm
The Blue Cut Fire in San Bernardino County, California, destroyed 37,000 acres and more than 300 structures in August 2016. (David McNew/Getty Images)

On the campaign trail, climate change can no longer be ignored

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted March 19, 2019 at 5:05am
Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., right, here in May 2018 with Reps. Beto O’Rourke, D-Texas, and Vicky Hartzler, R-Mo., is the ranking member on the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Graves sees a positive role for GOP in new select climate committee

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted March 18, 2019 at 5:05am
Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Ariz., left, and Del. Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, I-N. Marianas on Tuesday, February 12, 2019. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Bipartisan lands bill protecting millions of acres and 650 miles of river to get House vote

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted February 26, 2019 at 11:26am
Democratic Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have championed the Green New Deal on Capitol Hill. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Green New Deal: Some Democrats on the fence

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted February 15, 2019 at 1:14pm
“There are some things I’m willing to look at,” Freedom Caucus Chairman Meadows said of climate solutions. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Some GOP lawmakers are thawing on climate change

By Jael Holzman, Elvina Nawaguna and Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted February 14, 2019 at 11:08am
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez listens as Sen. Ed Markey speaks as Democrats announce their Green New Deal resolution outside of the Capitol on Thursday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Democrats unveil Green New Deal that would push government to make radical changes

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted February 7, 2019 at 11:15am
Andrew Wheeler, nominee to be administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, arrives for his confirmation hearing in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Jan. 16, 2019. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Wheeler EPA nomination advances on party-line panel vote

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted February 5, 2019 at 5:28pm
Rep. Paul Tonko is chairman of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

After delay, House Democrats to begin climate push

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted February 5, 2019 at 10:13am
An overview of a coal prep plant outside the city of Welch in rural West Virginia on May 19, 2017, in Welch, West Virginia. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Coal industry fought black lung tax as disease rates rose

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted January 25, 2019 at 11:15am
The EPA had planned by March to complete a rule easing tailpipe emission standards. Now that timeline could be in doubt. Above, Alex Gromov puts a probe into the tailpipe of a car as he performs a smog check in San Rafael, California, in 2017. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images file photo)

Shutdown ties up Trump’s fossil fuel agenda

By Elvina Nawaguna
Posted January 10, 2019 at 2:30pm
 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Pelosi stresses climate action, but activists push for more

By Shawn Zeller and Elvina Nawaguna
Posted January 4, 2019 at 2:15pm