Thomas Catenacci

Hawaii Democrats have for years been at the forefront of the climate change movement, pushing policies designed to slash carbon emissions and stave off cataclysmic global warming. Those same officials, however, are protecting a giant oil and gas company that is likely responsible for more emissions in the state than any other company—but whose executives have donated thousands to Democrats in the state.

The devastating wildfires in California followed decades of slow-moving fire prevention efforts delayed by bureaucracy and red tape. Those delays were magnified by a fire prevention initiative from Gov. Gavin Newsom (D.) that went years without completing a single project.The Los Angeles fires are already projected to cause up to $150 billion in damage while displacing hundreds of thousands of residents. At least 11 people have died in the fires as of Friday evening, though the County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner said that number is expected to rise.

President Joe Biden is spending his final days in office shutting down domestic oil and gas production in actions that will act as roadblocks for the incoming Trump administration and its "drill, baby, drill" agenda while solidifying Biden's legacy as a president hostile to energy producers.

Former North Dakota governor Doug Burgum (R.) and former New York congressman Lee Zeldin (R.), President-elect Donald Trump's picks to lead the Interior Department and EPA, respectively, appear to have a glide path to Senate approval following their confirmation hearings Thursday.

Last April, the Biden administration finalized environmental rules that effectively force gas and coal plants to adopt carbon capture—an expensive and controversial process in which emissions are stored underground—or risk shutting down. Months later, in November, a senior Biden EPA official told activists to "keep fighting" an ExxonMobil carbon capture project in Texas, the

The Department of Energy, in one of its final actions under President Joe Biden, earmarked billions of dollars in green energy loans to utility

President Donald Trump is planning sweeping actions Monday to kickstart his energy agenda—he is expected to sign executive orders declaring an energy emergency, blocking offshore wind leases, withdrawing from the Paris climate accords, and rolling back regulations targeting home appliances and gas cars. Trump will also end the ongoing pause on permitting for liquefied natural gas export projects.

The State Department began withdrawing the United States from the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement following President Donald Trump's executive action , according to an internal staff memo issued Tuesday and reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon.

Danielle Smith, the premier of Alberta, Canada, said Tuesday that she would like to restart conversations with Trump administration officials about reapproving the Keystone XL oil pipeline or permitting additional Canada-United States oil pipelines.