President-elect Joe Biden is interpreting the election results as a strong mandate to pursue promises on the environment and climate change, and he's making moves to start implementing those policies.

Coal-rich Montana elected its first Republican governor in more than a decade last night as ballot initiatives and statehouses were decided that could affect energy policy for years to come.

The winner of the presidential election remained unknown this morning as officials in a handful of states continued to count votes. Both candidates are trying to shape the narrative as the nation waits.

Democrats' hopes that a blue wave would sweep them into the Senate majority were dashed yesterday, as GOP incumbents held on in key contests.

Democrats kept control of the House in yesterday's elections but were on track to lose at least six seats, including several players on energy and the environment.

Climate changed was evident at every turn of the presidential election, infused in issues related to the economy, the Supreme Court and the pandemic. Here's how the candidates responded.

Voters elevated climate change this year from an afterthought into a major election issue, telling pollsters that it's more important than immigration, terrorism and other issues that have dominated elections in the past 20 years.

Climate politics will be in the crucible today. The issue is at a crucial juncture, particularly with Democrats now optimistic about their chances of taking both the White House and the Senate.

A possibly very long wait for Senate results. Moderates flexing their muscles. House Democratic chairmen in trouble. A blue wave in Texas.

Wins in Minnesota, Pennsylvania and North Carolina tomorrow could give Democrats a clearer path for more aggressive carbon emissions reductions in energy and transportation. But would a political trifecta in state governments guarantee action?

After a yearslong intense and unprecedented campaign season, voters will head to the polls tomorrow to decide whether to give President Trump another four-year term in office.

Senate Democrats are favored to secure a slim majority after tomorrow's elections, a power shift that will be crucial for Joe Biden to deliver on his bold environmental agenda if he bests President Trump in the race for the White House.

It's clear that Pennsylvania could decide the presidential election, considering the makeup of the Electoral College. But how will the fracking fight between President Trump and Joe Biden actually play out on the ground with voters?

An array of academics, alumni of past administrations and think tank analysts have been serving the Biden campaign for months as volunteer advisers on climate change.

Despite an ongoing pandemic and economic uncertainty, energy and environmental issues remain significant factors in more than three dozen competitive House races that will likely help decide the size and makeup of the expected Democratic majority in the next Congress.

If a Democrat and Republican met to debate energy and climate issues in the last two decades, there is a good chance the encounter went something like this.

The two candidates vying to be the nation's vice president debated extensively over fracking and climate change yesterday, issues Republican Mike Pence tried to make a liability for Democrat Kamala Harris, but which Harris worked to use to her advantage.

President Trump misrepresented his rollback of clean car standards and his record on electric vehicle subsidies at the first presidential debate last night, in a remarkably substantive exchange on climate and transportation policy.

The tense, rancorous event featured an extended discussion about climate, energy and the environment, including the Green New Deal and the president's views on climate science.

This could have been the year of the first real climate change election. It probably won't be. But at least some environmental advocates are not sweating people being focused on other priorities.

The Republican National Convention set the stage for a brutal campaign in which energy issues will play a key role in the GOP drive to label former Vice President Joe Biden a radical.

President Trump has struggled to articulate what he'd like to do on energy in the next four years, and the Republican Party scrapped a 2020 convention platform, saying only that it would "continue to enthusiastically support the president's America-first agenda."

Republicans may use the Great American Outdoors Act as evidence of their focus on conservation, but critics say the party platform raises questions about the GOP's commitment to public lands.

Climate change got unprecedented airtime at the Democratic National Convention this week, sending the party onto the campaign trail this fall with a historically ambitious environmental agenda.

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his new running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), have differences on energy and the environment to work out as the campaign moves forward.

Joe Biden elevated Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) as a potential leader on climate policy for the next decade. She has a record of supporting ambitious carbon goals but lacks experience in fighting for them legislatively.

Major green super political action committees have collectively doubled their fundraising and more than doubled their spending since Donald Trump won the White House, according to an E&E News analysis of financial records filed with the Federal Election Commission.

State attorneys general fighting the Trump administration's environmental policies in court could gain — or lose — a couple of members of their coalition this fall.

Democrats dreamed that the 2020 election would deliver them a broad mandate to kick-start decarbonization across every sector of the economy. They woke up this morning with smaller hopes.

Should President Trump maintain control of the White House, the next four years are likely to be marked by an expansion of the deregulatory and "energy dominance" agenda that has come to define his presidency.

If Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden wins the White House, a sweeping plan to help struggling coal communities may take root.

Joe Biden has leaned on climate change in the homestretch of his White House campaign — deploying the issue as a way to talk about energy jobs, environmental justice and how he sees the world differently from President Trump.

The oil and natural gas industry has a clear favorite in the 2020 presidential election: Republican Donald Trump. Donations from workers and company executives overwhelmingly favor the president.

Joe Biden drew attention to the little-known and often destructive weather phenomenon called a "derecho" at last week's presidential debate but said mistakenly that they have been linked to climate change.

Democrat Joe Biden is barring lobbyists from his presidential transition team and indicating he won't let fossil fuel company officials in either.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is filling out his transition team, adding staff and advisers to prepare the transition of power, should he defeat President Trump in November.

If Joe Biden wins the presidential election, allies say he should pick an EPA administrator who can boost morale at the agency and craft aggressive regulations to fight climate change.

When asked about Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) yesterday, President Trump said "she is against fracking; she is against petroleum products." What's her energy record, and how will it play in battleground states?

The candidate is getting advice from past Obama officials, activists and former rivals. Some say it's the first time they've been taken seriously by a presidential campaign.

A draft of the Democratic Party's policy platform backs aggressive climate change proposals including decarbonizing the electricity sector by 2035 and achieving net-zero new buildings by 2030.

Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden released a $2 trillion plan yesterday calling for 100% clean electricity in 15 years. Is that possible with existing technology and utility targets?

Climate change activists have emerged as some of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's most important donors, having hosted some of his biggest fundraising events.

Police violence and nationwide protests are turning a spotlight onto former Vice President Joe Biden's plans to alleviate generations of discrimination against black Americans.

Joe Biden has been wooing progressives with a list of green initiatives. But even if Democrats take control of Congress, he might have to rely on executive actions to accomplish some of his goals.

The Sunrise Movement is turning its organizing muscle to down-ballot primary races now that former Vice President Joe Biden is the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.

President Trump is getting big help in his reelection from top executives in the fossil fuel industry. Democrats are also collecting cash from energy and environmental interests.

Despite an ongoing pandemic and economic uncertainty, energy and environmental issues remain significant factors in more than three dozen competitive House races that will likely help decide the size and makeup of the expected Democratic majority in the next Congress.

Changing demographics, retirements and concerns about President Trump are putting several Texas districts in play, potentially reducing the Republican hold on the state's congressional delegation.

One of the country's most hotly contested House races is being waged over water in California's Central Valley, garnering the attention of Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and sparking allegations of a right-wing conspiracy among Democrats.

A Republican running for Congress in a coastal community plagued by rising sea levels and crippling floods declined to say at a debate last night that she accepted the current science on climate change.

While the 2020 presidential race rages on, the year's Senate election cycle is shaping up to potentially shift environmental, energy and climate change policy in a dramatic way.

South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham's commitment to environmental protection is in question as he fights in what's shaping up to be his toughest election yet. His Democratic opponent is a former coal lobbyist who enjoys support from environmental groups.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama is poised this year to elect a U.S. senator whose views on climate change are arguably to the right of President Trump.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama is poised this year to elect a U.S. senator whose views on climate change are arguably to the right of President Trump.

Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn and his Democratic challenger, MJ Hegar, both have plans for recovering the tens of thousands of Lone Star State energy jobs lost amid the pandemic. But their approaches are as vastly different as the West Texas oil fields are wide.

Republicans hope to take advantage of a rift between Minnesota Democrats' environmentalist wing and the party's blue-collar backbone to win an unlikely Senate seat in November.

Republican Sen. Cory Gardner's campaign ads could double as Colorado tourism spots: He appears on screen outfitted in a fleece vest, hiking among boulders or standing beside a rushing stream.

One of the year's most consequential Senate races could hinge on the candidates' allegiance to the biofuel industry and ability to secure favorable policies for the sector.