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Republican lawmaker: Energy Secretary Granholm needs to testify about rising gas prices

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm needs to answer lawmakers' questions about high prices at the pump, said the top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

March 22, 2022

Poll: More voters blame Biden, not Russia or oil companies, for soaring gas prices

A plurality of voters say the Biden administration is to blame for recent increased prices at the pump, according to a new poll by Emerson College.

March 22, 2022

SEC’s new rule would add climate change risks, emissions to corporate disclosures

The Securities and Exchange Commission unveiled a landmark proposal Monday that would require publicly traded companies to disclose emissions data and risks posed by climate change.

March 21, 2022

Gas prices tank Democrats’ agenda for clean energy future

An unrelenting spike in gasoline prices at the pump has thrown Democrats for a loop as they search for ways to make it easier for Americans to do something contrary to the party's climate change messaging: fill up their tanks.

March 21, 2022

Democrats wince at progressives’ push to limit domestic energy production

Democratic leaders worry that far-left lawmakers are stepping on the party's message by prodding President Biden to declare a "climate emergency" and clamp down on U.S. oil production.

March 18, 2022

House-passed Russian energy ban sidelined in Senate as lawmakers say Biden’s embargo is enough

The Senate is forgoing legislation that would ban Russian energy imports, despite the measure clearing the House last week with overwhelming bipartisan approval.

March 17, 2022

Trucker convoy blocks traffic throughout Washington after permit denial

Protesters and truck drivers who have flocked to the nation's capital from across the country as part of "The People's Convoy" to protest COVID-19 restrictions caused congestion throughout the city on Wednesday.

March 17, 2022

House Democrats ask oil companies to testify over record-high gas prices

House Democrats on Wednesday requested that executives from a half-dozen major oil companies testify before lawmakers over high gasoline prices.

March 16, 2022

Most voters want Biden to boost domestic energy amid Ukraine war, rising gas prices, poll finds

More than three out of four voters want President Biden to make increasing domestic energy production a top priority, according to a new poll.

March 16, 2022

Biden seizes on dip in cost of oil to blame lagging gas prices on corporate greed

President Biden and White House officials unveiled a new messaging strategy Wednesday asserting that fossil-fuel companies are working to "pad their pockets" because prices at the pump have failed to lower as rapidly as oil market prices.

March 16, 2022

Democrats press Biden to invoke wartime powers to tackle gas prices

Some Democrats on Capitol Hill are escalating the pressure on President Biden to take alternative measures to boost domestic energy production, including invoking wartime executive powers to combat the global energy crisis that has sent U.S. gasoline prices soaring.

March 16, 2022

Senate Republicans seek Russian uranium ban

A number of Republican senators will unveil legislation Thursday to ban imports of Russian uranium, a move that would further constrict the flow of U.S. dollars into Moscow's war chest by adding yet another energy source to the list of those embargoed by America over the war against Ukraine.

March 16, 2022

Loss of Russian nickel threatens to deliver a new blow to Biden’s clean energy agenda

President Biden's clean energy agenda is racing toward another stumbling block -- dwindling nickel imports -- from Russia's invasion of Ukraine and tough sanctions on Moscow.

March 15, 2022

New drilling permits plummet 85% despite pressure on Biden to increase oil production

The Biden administration has considerably slowed its approval of new oil and natural gas drilling leases on public lands, despite facing pressure to more aggressively urge fossil fuel companies to increase their production in the face of high domestic energy prices.

March 14, 2022

Lawmaker calls for adding uranium to list of banned Russian imports

A top Senate Republican will seek to ban imports of a Russian energy source that has so far dodged sanctions from the White House and Capitol Hill: uranium.

March 14, 2022

Dems’ climate change agenda inches forward with $18 billion boost from government spending bill

President Biden managed to salvage a sliver of his climate change agenda in the $1.5 trillion government spending bill with at least $18 billion of it going to programs intended to reduce the use of fossil fuels.

March 14, 2022

States look to gas tax holidays to ease pain at pump

Governors and state legislatures of both parties throughout the country are looking to suspend their gasoline taxes to give their residents a little relief from soaring prices at the pump.

March 11, 2022

Alabama to drop background checks, permits for concealed guns

Alabama is joining a growing list of states that don't require a permit or background check to carry concealed weapons.

March 11, 2022

Ex-Trump security adviser Michael Flynn pleads the Fifth to Jan. 6 congressional panel

Former Trump National Security Adviser Michael Flynn invoked his Fifth Amendment right not to testify against himself and refused to answer questions "on advice of counsel" during a closed-door deposition Thursday with the House committee investigating the January 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

March 11, 2022

National gas prices continue soaring to new highs as California nears $6 per gallon

The price of gasoline across the country continues to set new all-time records by the day amid inflation, Russia's war against Ukraine and the U.S. ban of Russian energy imports, with the average cost for unleaded fuel rising to $4.33 per gallon on Friday.

March 11, 2022