POLITICO Energy

For decades, the US Chamber of Commerce has primarily fought to get Republicans in power to keep a business-friendly government. But in 2020, the lobbying group is looking to hedge their bets and back some Democratic candidates, even if it means breaking with some in the oil industry. POLITICO’s Ben Lefebvre and Zack Colman, on how the Chamber is picking their endorsements, and how they are rattling the oil industry’s interests.Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter for POLITICO and host of POLITICO Energy.Zack Colman is an energy and environment reporter for POLITICO.Ben Lefebvre    is an energy reporter for POLITICO.Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer.Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe Kennedy was born in 1980, a month before Ed Markey won his third Congressional race. Today, Massachusetts Democrats will choose which of them will represent the party in the Senate race this November. POLITICO’s Zack Colman, on how environmentalists are playing a major role this primary battle.Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter for POLITICO and host of POLITICO Energy.Zack Colman is an energy and environment reporter for POLITICO.Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer.Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Trump administration has so far notched a mixed record on the environment. Federal agencies, including the EPA and the Interior Department, have moved swiftly on deregulation, but have struggled in the courts, where California has led the charge against most of the federal government’s actions. POLITICO’s Alex Guillen looks at the greater picture, and how the state has fared in its dozens of environmental challenges against the administration — so far.Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter for POLITICO and host of POLITICO Energy.Alex Guillen covers the EPA and environmental issues for POLITICO.Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer.Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This month, the White House pulled William Perry Pendley’s nomination to lead the Bureau of Land Management. Yet, despite knowing he wouldn’t be confirmed in the Senate, Pendley is still running the agency. POLITICO’s Ben Lefebvre and Kelsey Tamborrino [CUE THIS COMMA], on how Senate approval could not just threaten Pendley’s impacts at the agency, but set a dangerous precedent across the federal government. Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter for POLITICO.Kelsey Tamborrino is an energy reporter for POLITICO.Ben Lefebvre is an energy reporter for POLITICO.Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer.Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As if a pandemic wasn’t enough, 2020 has already been filled with historic natural disasters: massive wildfires in California, hurricanes on the gulf coast, and huge storms in the Midwest. POLITICO’s Zack Colman, on what we know, and what we don’t, about how climate change relates with these catastrophes.Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter for POLITICO and host of POLITICO Energy.Zack Colman is an energy and environment reporter for POLITICO.Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer.Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mortgage lenders and big banks can find out if a house is at risk of flooding, and they can hide that info from buyers. But now, a new tool from Realtor.com is letting millions of people find out whether their dream home is at risk of flooding. Bye bye, Hawaiian beach house? POLITICO’s Zack Colman, on the challenges that Realtor.com’s latest update will pose for the housing market.Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter for POLITICO and host of POLITICO Energy.Zack Colman is an energy and environment reporter for POLITICO.Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer.Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Louisiana and Texas are preparing for a week of potential devastation, with a storm about to make landfall and another gaining strength as it heads toward the coast. But, up to this point, unlike previous years, big storms are not yet translating in higher oil and gasoline prices. POLITICO’s Ben Lefebvre explains what the unusual one-two storm punch may mean for the oil industry.Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter for POLITICO.Ben Lefebvre is an energy reporter for POLITICO.Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer.Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For decades, environmentalists and conservatives have been on opposite sides of most issues, especially when it comes to exploiting natural resources. But it seems like the Alaskan salmon can forge even the most unlikely of alliances, and the complaints of influential Republicans may have convinced the Trump administration to consider shutting the door on Pebble Mine. POLITICO’s Zack Colman and Alex Guillen explain.Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter for POLITICO and host of POLITICO Energy.Zack Colman is an energy and environment reporter for POLITICO.Alex Guillen covers the EPA and environmental issues for POLITICO.Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer.Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For more than a week, an intense heatwave has been deepening California’s already flaming summer. The dangerously high temperatures not only have forced many of the state’s power companies to set rolling blackouts, but have also sparked wildfires in nearly every corner of the state. Photographer Stuart Palley paints the picture from the line of fire, and POLITICO’s Colby Bermel explains what is happening on the energy front.Anthony Adragna is an energy reporter for POLITICO.Colby Bermel is an energy reporter for POLITICO California.Stuart Palley is a wildfire photographer.Carlos Prieto is a Politico podcast producer.Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While the Democratic National Convention takes on TV screens for just a couple of evening hours this week, behind the scenes, delegates are working around the clock to set the party’s platform. But when drafting the platform on climate, someone within the party removed language calling for the end of subsidies for fossil fuels. What’s going on with that fight and who’s most angry about it?POLITICO’s Zack Colman looks into it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices