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What Is Permitting Reform? Here’s a Primer on the Drive to Fast Track Energy Projects—Both Clean and Fossil Fuel

It’s a return to Washington’s biggest energy debate, with Democrats and climate advocates divided among themselves, and mostly at odds with Republicans.

By Dan Gearino, Kristoffer Tigue

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is seen after the Senate Luncheons in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore gives his first State of the State address at the Maryland State House on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023 in Annapolis, Maryland. Credit: Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Gov. Moore Commits Funding for 67 Hires in Maryland’s Embattled Environment Department, Hoping to Fix Wastewater Treatment Woes

By Aman Azhar

Texas Oilfield Waste Company Contributed $53,750 to Regulators Overseeing a Controversial Permit Application

By Martha Pskowski

Residents work to push back wet mud that trapped cars and invaded some houses on Jan. 11, 2023 in Piru, east of Fillmore, California. A series of powerful storms pounded California in striking contrast to the past three years of severe to extreme drought experienced by most of the state. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images

Confronting California’s Water Crisis

By Liza Gross

An employee of Northern Dynasty Mines Inc. mans a drilling rig in the Pebble Mine East site near the village of Iliamna, Alaska. Credit: Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

After Two Decades of Controversy, the EPA Uses Its ‘Veto’ Power to Kill the Pebble Mine in Southwest Alaska

By Max Graham

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern arrives to announce her resignation at the War Memorial Centre on Jan. 19, 2023 in Napier, New Zealand. Credit: Kerry Marshall/Getty Images

On The Global Stage, Jacinda Ardern Was a Climate Champion, But Victories Were Hard to Come by at Home

By Emma Ricketts

Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) speaks in the House Chamber during the fourth day of elections for Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Amid Rising Emissions, Could Congressional Republicans Help the US Reach Its Climate Targets?

By Emma Ricketts, Grant Schwab

Gas-burning stoves are offered for sale at a home improvement store on this month in Chicago. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images.

How Gas Stoves Became Part of America’s Raging Culture Wars

By Victoria St. Martin

EPA Administrator Michael Regan arrives to an event on new national clean air standards for heavy-duty trucks near the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Headquarters on Dec. 20, 2022 in Washington, DC. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Six Environmental Justice Policy Fights to Watch in 2023

By Kristoffer Tigue, Aydali Campa, Darreonna Davis

Construction continues in October 2022 on a new section of homes at Festival Ranch in Buckeye, Arizona. Future development in the city, 35 miles west of Phoenix, could be imperiled by a lack of water. The flight for aerial photography was provided by LightHawk. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images.

Arizona’s New Governor Takes on Water Conservation and Promises to Revise the State’s Groundwater Management Act

By Wyatt Myskow

In an aerial view, an oil pumpjack works in the Permian Basin oil field on March 12, 2022 in Crane, Texas. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

EPA Moves Away From Permian Air Pollution Crackdown

By Martha Pskowski, Dylan Baddour

People watch as President Donald Trump tours the Cameron LNG Export Facility May 14, 2019, in Hackberry, Louisiana. Credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

Louisiana Regulators Are Not Keeping Up With LNG Boom, Environmentalists Say

By James Bruggers

Ranking member Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., right, greets a fellow representative, on Dec. 13, 2022. McHenry is expected to head the Committee on Financial Services in the next Congress. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

Republicans Are Primed to Take on ‘Woke Capitalism’ in 2023, with Climate Disclosure Rules for Corporations in Their Sights

By Marianne Lavelle

The Karwendel Mountain Range in Germany. Credit: Martin Zwick/REDA&CO/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Proposed EU Nature Restoration Law Could be the First Big Step Toward Achieving COP15’s Ambitious Plan to Staunch Biodiversity Loss

By Bob Berwyn

Wes Moore speaks to the congregation while attending a church service at Mt. Ennon Baptist Church on Nov. 6, 2022 in Clinton, Maryland. Credit: Nathan Howard/Getty Images

Seven Tough Issues That Could Disrupt Maryland Gov.-Elect Moore’s Climate Agenda

By Aman Azhar

Firefighters are silhouetted against the setting sun while monitoring fire and wind conditions from a hillside in Hemet, California on Sept. 6, 2022. Credit: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

California Had a Watershed Climate Year, But Time Is Running Out

By Liza Gross

The Formosa Plastics plant sits near Matagorda Bay in Point Comfort, Texas on Nov. 3, 2021. Credit: Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images

Army Corps of Engineers Withdraws Approval of Plans to Dredge a Superfund Site on the Texas Gulf Coast for Oil Tanker Traffic

By Autumn Jones, Dylan Baddour

Tim McKibben, left, a senior installer for the solar company, Sunrun, and installer Aaron Newsom install solar panels on the roof of a home in Granada Hills. Credit: Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

California Regulators Approve Reduced Solar Compensation for Homeowners

By Emma Foehringer Merchant

A building under construction in Silver Spring Maryland. Credit: Benjamin C. Tankersley/For The Washington Post via Getty Images

Maryland’s Largest County Just Banned Gas Appliances in Most New Buildings—But Not Without Some Concessions

By Aman Azhar

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