FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON D.C. -- The American Energy Alliance continued its inaugural tradition of awarding a "Lump of Coal" to the biggest enemies of affordable domestic energy production by announcing today's recipient: former House Speaker and current Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco). "Rather than enumerate all the reasons why AEA believes Nancy Pelosi is right near the top of the list of affordable energy's enemies, we've decided to let today's recipient speak...
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For Immediate Release WASHINGTON D.C. -- The American Energy Alliance announced today the latest recipients of the organizations 2011 "Lump of Coal" award, which is given Dec. 8-23 to the policymakers, politicians and prevaricating provocateurs who oppose affordable energy solutions to power America's future. Today's recipients are two thespians of stage and screen who have found received great public attention on account of their green energy shenanigans. "The Committee had a tough time...
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WASHINGTON D.C. -- The American Energy Alliance knows that Senator Harry Reid already left town for his Christmas vacation, with no intention of returning to Washington until next year.  Nevertheless, the American Energy Alliance has selected Senator Reid as today's recipient of the 2011 "Lump of Coal" Award for his unyielding opposition to affordable energy for American consumers. "Senator Harry Reid left town last weekend with the bipartisan-passed Keystone XL pipeline provision hanging...
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WASHINGTON D.C. -- It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around the nation's capital, and the seasonal waft of wood fires burning and chestnuts roasting is filling the rarefied air on Capitol Hill.  But in the shadowy enclaves of the behemoth national headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency, Administrator Lisa Jackson has prepared an old fashioned, Whoville-killing, Grinch-style regulation to increase the cost of electricity and bankrupt American job creators.  In...
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WASHINGTON D.C. -- In a late decision yesterday evening, the awards committee of the American Energy Alliance accepted a last-minute nomination for the 2011 Lump of Coal Award, which AEA is giving to the enemies of affordable domestic energy. Originally slated to share today's award were Senators John Kerry (D-Venezuela) and Lindsay Graham (RINO-SC) for their tireless effort to impose the largest tax increase in American history in the form of the cap-and-trade energy tax. New developments,...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON D.C. -- Late into the night on Wednesday, December 14, the American Energy Alliance award committee poured over the policy ideas of the top contenders for the 2012 Republican nomination, desperately searching for the most deserving recipient for this year's "Lump of Coal" Award. After at least a dozen painstaking, caffeine-induced hours the committee determined that no single candidate stood out as more deserving than the others.  Hence, today's "Lump of...
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For Immediate Release: WASHINGTON D.C. -- The American Energy Alliance announced today the next 2011 "Lump of Coal" Award, which is given to the policymakers, politicians, and other professionals who through their collective and individual opposition to affordable domestic energy deserve recognition by the nation's leading advocate of free market energy solutions.  Today's recipient is United States Congressman Henry Waxman-Markey. "Congressman Waxman-Markey stands head and shoulders...
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For Immediate Release WASHINGTON D.C. -- The U.S. House of Representatives passed today the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act (H.R. 3630), which included key provisions to force the Obama administration to make a decision regarding the Keystone XL pipeline and limit the regulatory burdens that the Environment Protection Agency wishes to impose on boilers and waste incinerators.  AEA's President Tom Pyle released the following statement after the vote: "The single greatest...
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For Immediate Release WASHINGTON D.C. -- The American Energy Alliance announced today the latest recipients of the 2011 inaugural "Lump of Coal" Awards, given Dec. 8-23 to policy makers, politicians and other professionals who are most responsible for ideas that inhibit economic growth and result in higher energy prices.  Today's award is shared by the Grand Poobahs of green energy propaganda, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman and Vanity Fair contributing editor, Douglas Rice  of...
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We don’t usually include press releases in the pipeline, but this is too delicious.  I’m betting Senator Inhofe puts him on the canvas in the fifth, and the ref calls it somewhere around the eighth EPW (12/12/11) reports: Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today accepted Ralph Nader's invitation to debate Congressman Markey on global warming. .."I would welcome the opportunity to debate the issue of global warming with...
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