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Sen. Lisa Murkowski said today that a phone call from President Trump on the health care vote preceded reported pressure from the Interior secretary linking the Alaska Republican's vote to energy development policies in her home state. "It was not a very pleasant call," she told E&E News of the Tuesday conversation with Trump.
DENVER — Can a city built from scratch be profitable to developers and enjoyable to residents as it tries to be carbon-free?
President Trump's reported pick to lead EPA's Office of Water has represented states and industry in lawsuits against the agency.
The number of spills and other mishaps at oil and gas sites fell sharply again last year, in line with decreased drilling, according to an E&E News review of spill records.
U.S. EPA is pushing back at claims by a former transition official who criticized Administrator Scott Pruitt's leadership.
Trump has pulled in more Hill staffers and former utility executives and lawyers with deep red-state political connections to fill DOE's ranks, even as the agency continues to stumble along with few picks for top jobs.
The Senate Appropriations panel today approved legislation that would cut spending for NOAA in fiscal 2018 but rejected many of Trump's proposals to scrap key programs, including the Marine Mammal Commission.
Tuesday's decision by a federal court dismissing a challenge to New York state subsidies for three nuclear plants makes it all the more likely that federal regulators will be pressed to act on electricity markets.
Congress' 2015 decision to lift a ban on crude oil exports and extend tax incentives for wind and solar is reshaping energy markets, but its climate change implications aren't clear.
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