Andrew Wheeler is expected to face tough questions about his former role as a lobbyist for the fossil fuel industry.

Texas is of course a big oil state, but it’s also home to a growing industry focused on reducing emissions of oil field methane, a climate change causing gas. But the Trump administration is loosening the rules on methane, which could leave these methane-reduction companies with a smaller market for their products and services. The […]

The Trump administration is set to release a plan that would redefine which bodies of water are protected by the 1972 Clean Water Act.

A few GOP lawmakers are bucking the party line by backing a tax on CO2 emissions.

A coalition of elected officials and business leaders sees progress toward Paris climate agreement targets.

The Environmental Protection Agency released details today of its plan to replace the Obama-era rules governing carbon emissions from power plants. The EPA’s proposals differ radically from the old Clean Power Plan. They give a lot of concessions to the coal industry. President Donald Trump has long promised to end what he calls the “war […]

13 states are challenging the proposal.

The acting head of the Environmental Protection Agency appears to be approaching his job differently than his predecessor, Scott Pruitt, at least in the early going. Andrew Wheeler is likely to still advance President Donald Trump’s push to dispense of industry regulations, but observers say he’s doing it in a more careful way compared to […]