PolicyFebruary 14, 2025
Trump Administration Starts Firing Energy Department and Other Employees
The Department of Energy, Forest Service and Office of Personnel Management are among agencies that have begun firing staffers
Stories by Heather Richards
Heather Richards covers offshore energy—oil, natural gas and wind—and drilling on public lands for E&E.
PoliticsMarch 8, 2024
Biden’s State of the Union Promises Big Job Gains from Clean Energy Policy
President Biden made big promises about what his climate and energy agenda could deliver during his State of the Union speech
Renewable EnergyJuly 6, 2023
U.S. Offshore Wind Industry Is ‘Coming to Life’
The Biden administration has approved a third big offshore wind project, this one near the Atlantic City gambling hub, expanding power capacity and jobs
Fossil FuelsSeptember 20, 2022
U.S. Fossil-Fuel Reserves Alone Could Put Global Climate Targets Out of Reach
A new fossil-fuel tracker tallies global oil, gas, and coal reserves and projects to show how current production could drive the world above the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius
Climate ChangeFebruary 22, 2022
White House Predicts Major Delays to Climate Rules after Court Nixes Carbon Metric
A court order barring use of an interim social cost of carbon could slow at least 38 pending rules from four agencies