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With President Trump's decision just days away, the Paris climate accord appears to be in jeopardy as officials inside the White House and powerful conservatives outside government capture momentum by seizing on thorny legal questions that would arise from keeping the deal while the administration simultaneously guts the regulations needed to help the U.S. meet its promise.
A prominent oil and gas industry group said Monday the U.S. has dramatically reduced greenhouse-gas emissions without burdensome regulations and international deals, urging President Trump to withdraw from the landmark Paris climate agreement and allow market forces to drive energy policy.
Congress this week will vote on legislation to offer permanent health care benefits to more than 22,000 retired coal miners, ending a lengthy standoff on Capitol Hill that had left the retirees unsure about their future coverage.
In a major victory for the White House, the D.C. Court of Appeals on Friday suspended a case on the Obama-era Clean Power Plan, paving the way for the administration to dismantle the rule without interference from the courts.
Reversing yet another of his predecessor's actions on energy and the environment, President Trump on Friday signed an executive order that paves the way for a massive increase in offshore oil-and-gas drilling.
President Trump on Friday will begin to reverse his predecessor's limits on new offshore drilling, potentially opening up vast new areas in the Outer Continental Shelf for oil-and-gas exploration.
Leading green activists say President Trump has already done a full term's worth of damage, rolling back Obama-era regulations and installing one of their chief critics as head of the Environmental Protection Agency.
A group of Republican lawmakers on Thursday urged President Trump to keep the U.S. in the landmark Paris climate agreement but to rework America's commitment so that it "does no harm to the economy."
Pledging to reverse an "egregious abuse of federal power" by the Obama administration, President Trump Wednesday morning directed the Interior Department to review national monument designations over the past two decades.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Wednesday will begin an in-depth review of major national monuments established over the past two decades, potentially setting the stage for President Trump to become the first commander in chief in history to rescind a monument designation.
Ethanol's rise over the past decade has given birth to an under-the-radar market: Americans who are willing to travel miles out of their way and pay significantly more per gallon for ethanol-free fuel.
Top congressional Democrats on Tuesday introduced a bill that would set up a government fund to pay for global warming adaptation projects and also would authorize up to $200 million annually in "climate change bonds" to be sold to the public.
President Trump this week will take the first steps toward possibly undoing national monument designations by his predecessors and may set off an unprecedented legal battle in the process, according to media reports.
In what industry leaders heralded as proof that the "blend wall" is nothing more than a myth, a new study released Wednesday shows that U.S. gasoline contained more than 10 percent ethanol on average for the first time last year.
At the urging of the fossil fuels industry, the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday morning announced it's putting on hold an Obama-era rule aimed at limiting methane emissions from oil and gas wells.
Conservatives on Tuesday launched an all-out assault on the Paris climate accord, pressuring President Trump to brush aside moderate voices in the White House -- including son-in-law Jared Kushner -- and keep his campaign promise to pull the U.S. out of the deal.
Military veterans play an outsized role in the corn ethanol industry, but exactly what drives them to the field has become a bone of contention between ethanol proponents and oil and gas industry leaders.
President Trump has been sucked into the abyss of the Washington "establishment" since his inauguration, prominent Republicans and Democrats charged Sunday morning, and whether that's a positive development depends entirely on one's political point of view.
The past decade has brought about a monumental shift in how fuel sources benefit from the U.S. tax code, with renewable energy more than lapping its counterparts in the oil, gas, and coal sectors.