SpaceX will build a massive rocket launch site in rural southern Louisiana, unveiling plans Tuesday for a $100 billion project that could transform the region’s economy and fragile wetlands. Situated ...

New documents shed light on how much the Interior Department spent last year paying staffers not to work — from just one office. The Department of the Interior spent more than $150 million on ...

A pro-solar political action committee helped unseat GOP Rep. Andy Ogles this month. Another conservative is fighting back. Solar company executives and supporters spending $1 million to defeat ...

Two Senate Democrats introduced a bill Monday to set cybersecurity standards for water utilities — something Republicans and industry have long fought. The coordinated series of cyberattacks launched ...

Gov. Greg Abbott told state regulators and Texas’ main power grid operator to stop approving connections for data centers until an audit is done. Data center developers and critics are reckoning with ...

A summer surge in power consumption is straining regional grids that are also seeing a boom in data center energy demand. A sizzling summer is breaking power consumption records across the country, ...

The House Education and Workforce Committee approved legislation along party lines Tuesday to prevent the Department of Labor from finalizing any worker protections for extreme heat. Introduced by Rep ...

The president invoked an obscure process to review the institution’s federal grants over what he says is “climate fraud.” The oil industry and its allies gained a major supporter in their yearslong ...

Construction of data center pipes can produce wastewater that is troubling to sewer systems and that current regulations may not sufficiently address. Data centers sprouting up across the U.S. are ...

If his deregulatory actions survive judicial scrutiny, Aaron Szabo will have played a key role in reshaping EPA’s regulatory power. Aaron Szabo, the head of EPA’s air office who has overseen a ...

Labor unions and nonprofits moved to halt the Agriculture Department’s reorganization plans Wednesday, arguing USDA officials acknowledged their proposals will lead to mass resignations. A coalition ...

The bank said it would no longer abide by its commitment to direct 45 percent of its financing to climate-related projects. The World Bank is ditching its commitment to steer 45 percent of its ...