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Ben Wolfgang

bwolfgang@washingtontimes.com

Ben Wolfgang is a National Security Correspondent for The Washington Times. His reporting is regularly featured in the daily Threat Status newsletter.
Previously, he covered energy and the environment, Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in 2016, and also spent two years as a White House correspondent during the Obama administration.
Before coming to The Times in 2011, Ben worked as political reporter at The Republican-Herald in Pottsville, Pa.
He can be reached at bwolfgang@washingtontimes.com.

Articles by Ben Wolfgang

FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2015 photo, a miner works underground in the Sewell "R" coal mine in Yukon, W.Va. For the long-suffering communities that depend on coal, a recent Supreme Court ruling temporarily blocking greenhouse gas reductions was seen as a rare victory. But coal country residents say the reprieve may only be temporary as utilities turn away from coal generation and production continues to slide. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

EPA officials to visit Charleston, West Virginia

After years of dodging the region most impacted by its regulatory red tape, the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday will head to the heart of American coal country for the agency's only scheduled hearing on its rollback of the coal-crushing Clean Power Plan.

November 27, 2017
Sen. Lisa Murkowski's support is tied to a bill — which would be wrapped into the tax package — that would open 2,000 acres of ANWR to oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Associated Press/File)

Lisa Murkowski may sway ANWR vote in Senate

With a sweeping tax reform bill on the table, energy exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge -- which represents one of the most intense fights between energy advocates and environmentalists in recent history -- could be the key to success in what is expected to be a close vote.

November 26, 2017
FILE - In this March 14, 2014 file photo a layer of smog covers the city of Brussels. World leaders arrive at the global climate talks in Germany on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017 to give the negotiations a boost going into the final stretch. AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert, file)

Greenhouse gas plan being worked out by Republicans, Democrats

Amid a raging debate about how the U.S. should approach climate change, Republicans and Democrats on a key Senate panel Wednesday sought common ground on the best ways to continue reducing the nation's greenhouse gas emissions through research, innovation and private-sector leadership.

November 15, 2017
California Gov. Jerry Brown talks during an interview with The Associated Press in Rome, Friday, Nov. 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) ** FILE **

Jerry Brown seems miserable at U.N. climate conference

California Gov. Jerry Brown is one of the most prominent American officials at this week's United Nations climate conference in Germany, but the 79-year-old Democrat doesn't seem to be having a good time.

November 13, 2017
Virginia Gov.-elect, Ralph Northam gestures during a news conference at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017. Northam defeated Republican Ed Gillespie in Tuesday's election. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

After Northam win, Virginia set to unveil cap-and-trade plan

With the certainty that a Democrat will run the state for the next four years, Virginia next week is expected to unveil its own ambitious plan to cut greenhouse-gas emissions with a cap-and-trade proposal similar to the ones already in place across the Northeast.

November 10, 2017