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House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil, seen here in 2023, this week hailed the fall of Chevron deference as a chance to “rein in the administrative state.”

A bigger, bolder Congress? Panel debates how to respond to end of Chevron deference

By Jim Saksa
Posted July 23, 2024 at 2:59pm
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
A view of the smoke stack of the Cheswick coal-fired power plant on Oct. 26, 2017 in Springdale, Penn.

Supreme Court blocks EPA’s cross-state air pollution plan

By Michael Macagnone
Posted June 27, 2024 at 12:30pm
The site of the derailed freight train in East Palestine, Ohio.

Rail safety legislation lingers as NTSB wraps East Palestine probe

By Valerie Yurk
Posted June 24, 2024 at 11:47am
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
Wabtec’s FLXdrive battery-electric locomotives are seen at the Freight 2030 event on Sept. 10, 2021, in Pittsburgh.

Railroad industry is running late on Biden’s climate track

By Valerie Yurk
Posted June 12, 2024 at 6:59am
“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
Rep. Roger Williams holds a trophy after coaching the GOP team to a win in the 2023 Congressional Baseball Game. “Why would an environmentalist not like a baseball game?” he replied when asked about climate protesters who plan to disrupt this year’s game.

Protesters prepare for Congressional Baseball Game as Dems seek redemption

By Justin Papp
Posted June 10, 2024 at 10:41am
Sen. Ben Ray Luján is pushing for a House vote on a Senate bill to expand the fund under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act that would compensate those harmed by radiation from America’s development of nuclear weapons.

House departure leaves radiation compensation fund in limbo

By Valerie Yurk
Posted June 5, 2024 at 6:01pm
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