President-elect Joe Biden's choices for Treasury secretary, secretary of State and executive branch positions yesterday signal a dramatic shift in U.S. energy and climate policy.

President-elect Joe Biden this morning announced plans to nominate Neera Tanden to head the White House Office of Management and Budget, a choice that is causing bipartisan concern.

Rep. Marcia Fudge had lost her patience with Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue by February 2019.

President-elect Joe Biden rolled out his senior economic policy team today, with plenty of familiar names in Democratic and Obama administration circles.

President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris unveiled their White House communications teams over the weekend.

President-elect Joe Biden could tap a highly qualified — yet often overlooked — woman to lead the Department of Transportation, according to two former Obama-era DOT officials.

When she was a U.S. ambassador, Linda Thomas-Greenfield found the Liberian government less capable of long-term planning than its state-owned oil company.

Arun Majumdar is heading the Department of Energy's transition team and is a leading candidate to be its secretary. Who is he and what's his vision for the agency?

Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse may challenge Illinois colleague Dick Durbin for the top Democratic spot on the Judiciary Committee.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein said yesterday she will relinquish her leadership role on the Senate Judiciary Committee next year.

Sen. John Barrasso's decision to become top Republican on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee will give coal states more power over energy and environmental policy in the Senate.

Joe Biden's presidential victory this weekend launched California's political frenzy over who should replace Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in the Senate.

One of Capitol Hill's most powerful energy and environment positions will open up next year for the first time in nearly a decade, and several senators are in line for the job.

Democratic candidates running for the House's most powerful spending post are vowing to work closely with the new Biden administration to prioritize federal dollars for fighting climate change.

House Democrats and Republicans will pick committee leaders this week who will be crucial to shaping energy and environmental legislation in the next Congress.

Republican David Valadao won back his House seat in California's 21st District, unseating Democratic Rep. T.J. Cox just two years after Cox beat Valadao.

Ohio Republican Bob Latta says one of the best purchases he's made since being elected to Congress is eight folding chairs.

House Democrats yesterday finalized the bulk of the party's caucus leaders for the 117th Congress during an unprecedented virtual election that saw ballots cast remotely from as far away as Guam.

President-elect Joe Biden's transition team has moved into the next gear, reaching out to federal agencies in preparation for his incoming administration.

Environmental protesters beamed a giant sign onto the Department of Energy's headquarters last night to oppose the potential return of former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz as secretary — or anyone with ties to the fossil fuel industry.

President-elect Joe Biden will nominate longtime adviser Antony Blinken to be secretary of State and name former Secretary of State John Kerry his special presidential envoy for climate — a pair of picks with massive implications for climate diplomacy.

President-elect Joe Biden today named a pair of aides with deep Capitol Hill roots to round out the White House's Office of Legislative Affairs in the new administration.

A top choice to lead the Defense Department under President-elect Joe Biden is a climate hawk who would make the military an unlikely but powerful driver of his carbon reduction policies.

Senior House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Fred Upton today dismissed President Trump's chances at overturning the election results.

President-elect Joe Biden further filled out his roster today for senior staff once he enters the White House in two months.

Patrice Simms, a prominent environmental lawyer, will help lay the foundation for President-elect Joe Biden's more aggressive regulatory approach at EPA.

An unsparing critic of the Trump administration's environmental policies could find herself leading the reversal of the very regulatory rollbacks she has denounced in recent years.

President-elect Joe Biden is pursuing an aggressive strategy to put the United States at the center of global diplomacy on climate change. It's a reversal from President Trump's rejection of the issue internationally.

A wave of electric vehicle startups is boosting lobbying efforts for clean car policies just as President-elect Joe Biden gears up aggressive plans to decarbonize the nation's transportation sector.

President-elect Joe Biden's transition team is searching for a long-term career official to lead the Bureau of Land Management on an acting basis through the first six months or more of next year.

While many say the Trump administration had a hands-off approach to regulating chemicals, experts expect a dramatic shift from President-elect Joe Biden's incoming administration when it comes to toxic substances.

President-elect Joe Biden angered environmental advocates by tapping Rep. Cedric Richmond as a White House adviser. They say Richmond has favored the fossil fuel industry in his Louisiana district.

Retiring Sen. Tom Udall believes he remains a top contender to be President-elect Joe Biden's Interior secretary, the New Mexico Democrat told E&E News earlier today.

President-elect Joe Biden is filling out the top ranks of his White House staff, hiring a handful of longtime allies to be his top advisers.

President-elect Joe Biden may have to get creative if he wants his climate policies to survive — or avoid — scrutiny by a federal court system brimming with more than 200 Trump-appointed judges.

It might be time for the Senate to wake up.

Rep. Deb Haaland has withdrawn from the race to serve as vice chairwoman of the House Democratic Caucus — a setback for her ambitions to climb the ranks of party leadership while a progressive grassroots army continues to call for her appointment as Interior secretary in the incoming Biden administration.

When progressive advocates released their wish list for Cabinet secretaries under President-elect Joe Biden, the suggestions barely overlapped with top-tier candidates being discussed by political insiders.

President-elect Joe Biden's review teams at the Department of Energy and other agencies include a slew of clean energy and electric vehicle backers, as well as an occasional supporter of fossil fuel projects. How will they change energy policy?

Battles over President Trump's climate and energy actions could be stuck in legal limbo once President-elect Joe Biden steps into the Oval Office and begins paving the way for new standards on public land use and greenhouse gas emissions.

During his run for the White House, Joe Biden promised that on the first day of his presidency he would issue an executive order requiring that all public companies disclose both their climate risks and their output of greenhouse gas emissions.

The band is getting back together. Some of the highest-profile EPA officials of the Obama administration are regrouping as members of President-elect Joe Biden's EPA transition team.

Get ready for a sea change in the Justice Department's approach to environmental enforcement under the incoming Biden administration.

From the Pentagon to the General Services Administration, President-elect Joe Biden has embedded climate-minded officials throughout his sprawling transition team.

An economist who has studied the financial consequences of ignoring climate change was tapped this week by President-elect Joe Biden to help him pick who should serve on the next White House Council of Economic Advisers.

The law school dean leading the nascent Biden administration's Interior Department transition team has more than an academic understanding of the agency challenges ahead.

President-elect Joe Biden has named dozens of advisers to federal agency-focused teams meant to prepare his administration to take over in January.

President-elect Joe Biden is planning to "tackle" toxic forever chemicals by setting enforceable drinking water limits, designating the substances as hazardous and finding PFAS substitutes for consumer items.

Analysts are anticipating a potential flurry of last-minute energy rollbacks, permitting decisions and new rules that could impinge on a Biden administration.

A green infrastructure bill could be President-elect Joe Biden's best shot at passing meaningful climate policy if the Senate remains in Republican hands.

President-elect Joe Biden's EPA administrator could be a history-making leader of the agency — if the nominee can pass muster with a possible Republican-held Senate.

With a new occupant in the White House, the National Park Service may get something it never had under President Trump: a permanent director.

Looming behind the blaring car horns and fireworks that welcomed President-elect Joe Biden's victory was the enormous challenge of fulfilling his campaign promises on climate change.

If Democrat Joe Biden moves into the White House next year, the path to action on climate and the environment will likely run through the executive branch.

The 2020 election offered a stark choice between climate agendas — and voters seem to have picked both.

The contest for the House Agriculture Committee chairmanship next year may pit rural interests against urban priorities.

Policies affecting U.S. agriculture may be poised for a shake-up in Congress, following Election Day returns.

Ever since 1981, the top Republican on the House Natural Resources Committee has hailed from a Western state. That could change next year.

California Air Resources Board Chair Mary Nichols yesterday outlined her vision for EPA over the next four years. And it starts with science.

Texas Republican Rep. Michael Burgess was one of the most visible foes of lightbulb standards. He also drives a hybrid because of lower emissions. The free market conservative is making his case in a contested race to become the top Republican on one of the House's most powerful committees.