Energy
Committee Examines Copper Supply Chain National Security Gap
Copper is everywhere in the modern economy — in electric vehicles, power grids, data centers, and defense systems — and the United States produces a...
HEATS Act To Streamline Geothermal Permitting Passes House
The House passed the Harnessing Energy At Thermal Sources (HEATS) Act on Thursday, with the HEATS Act floor vote landing 231-186, exposing a sharp partisan...
House Passes Bill Eliminating Federal Green Building Standards, Giving Agencies Design Flexibility
The House passed the Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act on April 22, 2026, in a near party-line H.R. 4690 floor vote of 215-202, stripping federal...
House Repeals Federal Building Energy Standards Clearing Way for Fossil Fuel
The House passed the Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act (H.R. 4690) on April 22, 2026, repealing federal building energy efficiency requirements and...
House Passes Energy Overhaul, Weakening Environmental Protections and Species Act
The House voted along strict party lines Tuesday to advance a sweeping package of energy deregulation and environmental policy bills, setting up floor...
House Panel Advances Mining Bills Amid Corruption Charges
Why it matters: The House Natural Resources Committee advanced eight bills on Tuesday, covering domestic mining, critical minerals, illegal fishing, and...
House Overwhelmingly Passes Hydropower Bill, Saving 37 Projects Worth $6.5 Billion
The S. 1020 floor vote drew one of the more unusual sights in the 119th Congress: a measure that sailed through with zero Democratic opposition and only a...
Environmental Laws Blocking Critical Minerals Supply
American dependence on foreign-controlled critical minerals — lithium, cobalt, rare earth elements — has moved from a niche policy concern to a front-burner...
Energy Marketers of America Files First Quarter Lobbying Disclosure, Focus Undefined
Energy Marketers of America (EMA), the trade association representing fuel dealers and energy marketers, filed its First Quarter 2026 lobbying disclosure...
Nuclear Budget Debate: Necessity or Recklessness?
The FY27 Budget Request For Nuclear Forces And Atomic Energy Defense Activities hearing arrives at a moment when the nuclear weapons budget request is...
Rules Committee Shapes Fate of Five Major Bills
Five pieces of legislation — touching broadband access, federal building energy standards, geothermal energy, Endangered Species Act reform, and rural...
NRC Struggles to Keep Pace With Nuclear Boom
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission sits at the center of one of Washington's most consequential energy debates: whether the federal government can move fast...
Committee Scrutinizes Nuclear Weapons Spending, Future
The Senate Armed Services Committee's subcommittee on Strategic Forces is set to scrutinize two of the federal government's most consequential and expensive...
Senate Advances Bill to Kill Biden's Minnesota Mining Ban
The Senate voted 51-47 on a motion to proceed on H.J.Res. 140, a joint resolution that would nullify the Bureau of Land Management's Public Land Order No....
The Future of Energy Policy
The Trump administration's FY2027 budget request for the Department of Energy draws sharp battle lines over the future of American energy policy — proposing...
Masked Cuts: Committee Scrutinizes Energy Budget
The Trump administration's FY 2027 Department of Energy Budget request lands Congress in a familiar but high-stakes position: a headline number that looks...
Caturus Energy Spends $500K on LNG Lobbying
A newly filed Caturus Energy lobbying disclosure reveals the LNG-focused energy company spent $500,000 in the first quarter of 2026 — its first quarterly...
Senate Democrat Plans Vote to Reverse Trump EPA's Rejection of Colorado Clean Air Plan
Sen. Michael Bennet is using a rarely-invoked legislative tool to push back on the Trump administration's decision to kill Colorado's regional haze plan.