"Congressional negotiators and the White House announced a bipartisan budget deal last night that's likely to provide increases for energy and environmental agencies over the next two years."

"To witness the transformation of America's power sector, go to Texas. Earlier this month, the state's grid operator reported wind had generated more electricity than coal through the first six months of the year."

"Major U.S. cities may be leaking far more methane into the atmosphere than government estimates suggest."

"The Environmental Protection Agency’s inspector general will investigate allegations that William L. Wehrum, the agency’s former air quality chief, violated ethics rules when he met with former clients from his days as a lawyer and lobbyist for the oil, gas and coal industries."

"President Trump got big help in his reelection campaign with contributions from top executives in the fossil fuel industry."

"Two former Bureau of Land Management directors say plans to move the agency’s headquarters to Colorado are an early step toward abolishing the entire agency and transferring millions of acres of federal land to the states."

In a worst-case scenario, the June 21 Philadelphia refinery explosion could have released a cloud of deadly hydrogen fluoride gas that could travel for seven miles and threaten more than a million people.

"The U.S. solar industry on Wednesday kicked off a lobbying push aimed at convincing Congress to extend a generous tax credit for solar energy systems that is set to begin phasing out next year."

"A new report by staff members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which oversees the safety of the nation’s 59 aging nuclear power plants, recommends that the commissioners significantly weaken or reduce safety inspections of the plants."