Vice President Joe Biden told recent graduates from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy that drilling for offshore oil is harming the country’s environmental security.
The newly confirmed Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has announced he will delay the final approval of 20 applications to export liquefied natural gas until he reviews studies on the impact exports would have on domestic natural gas prices.
While environmentalists and politicians push for policies to curb global warming, new research shows that early humans in Africa made cultural and industrial leaps during times of climate change.
California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer blamed the tornado that devastated Oklahoma on global warming during a Senate floor speech Tuesday, using the opportunity to push her own plan to tax carbon dioxide emissions.
The Environmental Protection Agency published a 377-page proposed rule in the Federal Register on Tuesday aimed at cutting tailpipe emissions from automobiles, The Hill reports, nearly two months after the controversial regulation was first proposed.
New research suggests that the standstill in global temperature increases since 1998 means that global warming will be less severe than originally predicted in the coming decades as temperature estimates are adjusted downwards.
Republican lawmakers are launching an investigation into claims that the Environmental Protection Agency, while giving preferential treatment to environmental groups, made it harder for conservative groups to obtain government records.
The Environmental Protection Agency's inspector general has been asked to look into claims that the agency stymied efforts by conservative groups to obtain government records while giving favorable treatment to environmental groups.
The Obama administration's new rules governing hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, are drawing criticism from environmentalists and the oil and gas industry alike.
A Republican senator says allegations that the Environmental Protection Agency has made it more difficult for conservative groups to obtain information is no different from the burgeoning scandal at the IRS.
The Obama administration's conduct "rewards its friends and punishes it enemies" Kentucky Republican Rep. Ed Whitfield said on the House floor.
A new report by Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee details the various cuts and revenue losses resulting from the sequester, including the lost revenues from reduced oil and gas leases and coal sales.
Despite an expected minor "coal renaissance" in the next couple of years, the future is looking grim for Appalachian coal as stricter environmental regulations, economics, and even geology contribute to its decline, according to a new report.
The Minnesota legislature agreed on a measure that mandates that large state utilities generate a certain amount of electricity from solar power, which is estimated to raise energy prices for state residents and businesses.
The IRS may not be the only federal agency singling out conservative groups. Records suggest that the Environmental Protection Agency has made it easier for environmental groups to file Freedom of Information Act requests than conservative organizations.
The United Nations recently issued a report that encouraged more people to eat insects as a way to save the planet as the world's population increases.
The Obama administration recently laid out a new plan for Arctic drilling that focuses on protecting the environment and bolstering international agreements as melting ice allows for more commerce and development.
California regulators authorized San Diego utilities last week to collect billions of dollars which will go toward costs associated with the state's environmental and energy policies.
President Obama's top campaign donors are urging him to reject the controversial Keystone XL pipeline to help move the U.S. away from fossil fuels and toward more green energy, and his supporters compared vetoing the pipeline to President Abraham Lincoln ending slavery.
