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Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette.

With oil prices plummeting, US delays a sale from strategic reserve

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted March 10, 2020 at 6:53pm
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, chairwoman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is voicing frustration with stalled action on her energy bill.

Fast-moving Senate energy bill draws dozens of amendments

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted March 4, 2020 at 6:53pm
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
Julie Taylor, left, and Jules Bitsilly take dust level readings at the Yucca Mountain Project in Nevada in 2004.

The waste problem continues to weigh down nuclear power

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted February 26, 2020 at 5:31am
Steam rises out of a nuclear power plant's cooling tower.

Carbon-free nuclear power in a crisis just when it’s most needed

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted February 26, 2020 at 5:30am
Katharine MacGregor testifies during the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Building on Nov. 5, 2019.

Senate confirms a second former lobbyist atop Interior

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted February 25, 2020 at 6:11pm
A flag with the EPA logo flies in front of the Environmental Protection Agency. President Donald Trump's 2020 proposed budget calls for deep cuts in the agency, as well as other climate and clean-power research. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Greenhouse slash: Trump would gut climate, clean-power research

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted February 12, 2020 at 4:15pm
White Canyon in Natural Bridges National Monument, which borders the Bears Ears National Monument outside Blanding, Utah, on June 15, 2019. (George Frey/Getty Images file photo)

Interior moves to speed energy development on formerly protected Utah land

By Jael Holzman
Posted February 6, 2020 at 5:20pm
Protesters calling for more action by the government to combat climate change, gathered on the steps of the earlier this month.  (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Five ways Democrats vying for president differ on climate and energy

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted January 30, 2020 at 10:14am
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