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The Unregulated Podcast #175: The Last American

  • 03/27/24
  • AEA
  • Podcast

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss recent movement on Capitol Hill and cover a litany of headlines from a busy week in the beltway and beyond.

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The Unregulated Podcast #174: Chop Choppy

  • 03/22/24
  • AEA
  • Podcast

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss recent primary contests, Biden's latest stories, and the EPA's "not-a-ban" ban on gas powered vehicles.

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11 Questions for FERC Nominees

WASHINGTON DC (03/21/2024) – The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is holding a confirmation hearing today on three new nominees to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Given the usual glacial pace in which the Senate operates these days, it appears the Senator Joe Manchin, the Chairman of the Committee, is working with President Biden to rush these nominees through the process without much scrutiny. While we know little about two of the nominees, David Rosner and...


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AEA Statement on EPA's Gas-Powered Vehicle Ban

WASHINGTON DC (03/20/2024) – Today, the Biden administration finalized a gas-powered vehicle ban that aims to remake the transportation sector and fundamentally upend the American way of life. The regulation mandates electric vehicle adoption by requiring 67 percent of new light-duty and 46 percent of new medium-duty vehicle sales to be EVs by 2032. It will also increase America’s reliance on China for the critical minerals – such as lithium, cobalt, and manganese – required in...


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AEA Statement on Energy Week

WASHINGTON DC (03/20/2024) – As House Republicans bring a series of bills to the floor aimed at increasing domestic energy production and reducing energy costs for Americans, the Biden Administration moves another step closer this week to forcing the auto industry to shift exclusively to electric vehicles, another in the more than 200 actions the Biden Administration and congressional Democrats have taken to make energy harder to produce and more expensive to purchase in the U.S. AEA...
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Renewable Energy Mandates Increase Chances Of Major Blackouts

  • 03/18/24
  • IER
  • Blog
Texas and California lead the nation in power outages and in wind and solar generation. Since 2019, there have been 263 power outages across Texas–more than any other state–each lasting an average of 160 minutes and impacting an estimated average of 172,000 Texans. From 2019 to 2023, California had 221 power outages, ranking second, and Washington ranked third with 118 outages , based on data from the Department of Energy. Texas has the most wind capacity in the nation and is the...
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The Unregulated Podcast #173: More Barbie than Oppenheimer

  • 03/18/24
  • AEA
  • Podcast
On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the circus like proceedings of the Senate Budget Committee. Later Carolyn Phippen, a candidate in the GOP primary for Utah's senate seat,  joins the show to discuss the most pressing issues facing the Beehive State and the rest of the country. Links:
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Biden's Offshore Wind Projects To Cost Double Initial Estimates

  • 03/14/24
  • IER
  • Blog
The cost to consumers of two offshore wind projects expected to support New York’s self-imposed climate goals has more than doubled from their original estimates, which were high to begin with. Developers had threatened to cancel their offshore wind projects without higher prices, citing inflation, supply chain challenges and rising costs driven by the pandemic, Bidenomics and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The agreements, which still need to be finalized, are expected to keep  1,700...

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EV Hypocrites At Home And Abroad

  • 03/14/24
  • IER
  • Blog
Supposedly, the reason for switching to electric vehicles from gasoline-powered vehicles is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by using less gasoline and thus oil. However, a country that was way ahead of the United States in the transition to electric vehicles found that its oil demand did not decline from EV use despite electric vehicles making up 64 percent  of new car sales and despite thousands of dollars in annually recurring subsidies. In fact, Norway’s ownership and use of...

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California's Plastic Bag Ban Backfires Bigly

  • 03/08/24
  • IER
  • Blog
In 2014, California state legislators passed a law banning single-use plastic bags to reduce the amount of discarded plastic and to limit emissions resulting from their production. Californians, however, are now tossing more pounds of plastic bags than before the legislation was passed. A report by the consumer advocacy group CALPIRG  found the tonnage of discarded bags rose from 4.08 per 1,000 people in 2014 to 5.89 per 1,000 people in 2021—a record high. The actual tonnage of...

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