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A climate change protester holds a sign near the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 23, 2019.

Corporations pushing climate action return to Hill for virtual visit

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted May 13, 2020 at 10:02am
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 staffer sits in the Senate Reception Room on April 20 before setting up a pro forma session on the chamber floor.

During the pandemic, don’t adopt policies that make it harder to keep the lights on

By Tony Clark
Posted May 8, 2020 at 1:19pm
Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette is pictured during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Nov. 14, 2019.

Uranium firm takes virus aid, says crisis hasn’t affected business

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted May 7, 2020 at 6:00am
Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., shown here at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in December, sought a review of the carbon capture tax credit program.

Treasury IG: A decade of carbon-capture tax credits were faulty

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted April 30, 2020 at 5:48pm
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
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