Energy

The project in southern Malheur County could eventually help supply a growing U.S. appetite for domestic lithium used to make batteries.

The Biden administration has recommended an overhaul of the nation’s oil and gas leasing program to focus on areas that are most suitable for energy development and raise costs for energy companies to drill on public lands and water

Federal energy regulators want to take another look at the authorization they issued for the Jordan Cove Energy Project in southwest Oregon. It could be a pivotal moment for the controversial project.

Retrofitting programs make a difference in the Northwest, but the results are not enough to meet climate goals.

The Biden administration is betting big on offshore wind to help achieve its climate goals, and Oregon could help it get there.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland says the Biden administration will hold lease sales for up to seven offshore wind farms on the East and West coasts and in the Gulf of Mexico in the next four years.

Mexico's president has presented details of a plan that is likely to squeeze out private power generating plants and may provoke complaints under the Mexico-U.S.-Canada free trade accord.

Legal action brought by Native American tribes and environmental groups sought to delay an archaeological survey at the proposed mining site.

A city bureau has rejected a certificate that an oil-by-rail operation had been seeking. The bureau concluded that Zenith Energy's facility was not compatible with land-use designations for the Northwest Portland site.

House Bill 2021 is the session's biggest environmental bill. It passes as Oregon braces for record temperatures.