Matthew Daly

Reporter with the Associated Press

45 Articles

This 2019 aerial photo provided by ConocoPhillips shows an exploratory drilling camp at the proposed site of the Willow oil project on Alaska's North Slope. (ConocoPhillips via AP, File)

Biden weighs one huge oil drilling project, blocks others

As President Joe Biden prepares a final decision on the huge Willow oil project in Alaska, his administration announced he will prevent or limit oil drilling in 16 million acres in Alaska and the Arctic Ocean.

News, US News | March 13th 2023

Tesla vehicles charge at a station in Emeryville, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

White House announces Tesla will make some chargers available to all EV drivers

Electric car giant Tesla will, for the first time, make some of its charging stations available to all U.S. electric vehicles by the end of next year, under a new plan announced on Wednesday by the White House.

News, US News | February 15th 2023

Biden’s next climate challenge: persuading Americans to buy green

President Joe Biden persuaded Democrats in Congress to provide hundreds of billions of dollars to fight climate change. Now comes another formidable task: enticing Americans to buy millions of electric cars, heat pumps, solar panels and more efficient appliances.

News, US News | January 23rd 2023

Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, joined at right by Arati Prabhakar, the president's science adviser, announces a major scientific breakthrough in fusion research on Dec. 13, 2022. Photo by: The Canadian Press/AP/Scott Applewhite

Fusion breakthrough: reaction produces more energy than it used

Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California for the first time produced more energy in a fusion reaction than was used to ignite it, something called net energy gain, the Energy Department said.

News | December 13th 2022

This undated image provided by the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory shows the NIF Target Bay in Livermore, Calif. (Damien Jemison/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory via AP, File)

Fusion energy breakthrough coming today from U.S. scientists

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm was set to announce a “major scientific breakthrough” Tuesday in the decades-long quest to harness fusion, the energy that powers the sun and stars.

News, US News | December 13th 2022

President Joe Biden meets with French President Emmanuel Macron in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022, during a State Visit. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Differences in climate law persist between U.S. and Europe

President Joe Biden on Thursday, December 1, 2022, tried to allay concerns raised by French President Emmanuel Macron about a clean energy law that benefits electric vehicles and other products made in North America. But the U.S. and Europe remain divided over the landmark law.

News, US News, Politics | December 2nd 2022

A proposed rule from the U.S. federal government would seek to cut down on methane leaks from oil and gas drilling on public lands. Photo by Ted Auch, FracTracker Alliance, 2016 / Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

U.S. proposes rule cracking down on methane leaks from public lands drilling

The U.S. Interior Department on Monday proposed rules to limit methane leaks from oil and gas drilling on public lands, the latest action by the Biden administration to crack down on emissions of the potent greenhouse gas.

News, US News, Politics | November 28th 2022

President Joe Biden drives a Cadillac Lyriq through the showroom during a tour at the Detroit Auto Show, on Sept. 14, 2022, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Most Americans want more action on climate change

Nearly two-thirds of Americans think the federal government is not doing enough to fight climate change, according to a new poll that shows limited public awareness about a sweeping new law that commits the U.S. to its largest ever investment to combat global warming.

News, US News | October 25th 2022

Wind turbines work in Livermore, Calif., on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

New climate bill pushes U.S. toward cheap, clean energy

After decades of inaction in the face of escalating natural disasters and sustained global warming, Congress hopes to make clean energy so cheap in all aspects of life that it’s nearly irresistible. The House is poised to pass a transformative bill on Friday, August 12, 2022, that would provide the most spending to fight climate change by any one nation ever in a single push.

News, US News, Politics | August 12th 2022

Vice President Kamala Harris, applauds during a speech at Florida International University, on Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, in Miami. Harris is attending climate resilience events in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Citing the climate 'crisis,' Harris announces $1B for floods, storms

Vice President Kamala Harris called climate change an “immediate” and “urgent” crisis Monday as she detailed more than $1 billion in federal spending to respond to disasters such as deadly flooding in Kentucky and wildfires ravaging her home state of California.

News, US News | August 3rd 2022