The Waxman Markey Energy Tax is a tax on all carbon-based energy – coal, oil, and natural gas. That means that 94 percent of the energy that fuels the State of Ohio will be taxed. Nearly all of the remaining 6 percent of Ohio’s energy comes from carbon-free nuclear, hydroelectric power, and biomass. Unfortunately, nuclear, hydro power, and as much as half of Ohio’s biomass energy don’t count as “clean, renewable” energy under the “clean, renewable” electricity mandate...
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The Waxman Markey Energy Tax is a tax on all carbon-based energy – coal, oil, and natural gas. That means that 78.1 percent of the energy that fuels the State of North Carolina will be taxed. Nearly all of the remaining 21.9 percent of North Carolina’s energy comes from carbon-free nuclear, hydroelectric power, and biomass. Unfortunately, nuclear, hydro power, and as much as half of North Carolina’s biomass energy don’t count as “clean, renewable” energy under the “clean,...
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The Waxman Markey Energy Tax is a tax on all carbon-based energy – coal, oil, and natural gas. That means that 80.4 percent of the energy that fuels the State of Pennsylvania will be taxed. Nearly all of the remaining 19.6 percent of Pennsylvania’s energy comes from carbon-free nuclear, hydroelectric power, and biomass. Unfortunately, nuclear, hydro power, and as much as half of Pennsylvania’s biomass energy don’t count as “clean, renewable” energy under the “clean,...
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The Waxman Markey Energy Tax is a tax on all carbon-based energy – coal, oil, and natural gas. That means that 77.5 percent of the energy that fuels the State of Arkansas will be taxed. Nearly all of the remaining 22.5 percent of Arkansas’s energy comes from carbon-free nuclear, hydro, and biomass. Unfortunately, nuclear, hydro, and as much as half of Arkansas’s biomass energy don’t count as “clean, renewable” energy under the “clean, renewable” electricity mandate...
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The Waxman Markey Energy Tax is a tax on all carbon-based energy – coal, oil, and natural gas. That means that 80.4 percent of the energy that fuels the State of Pennsylvania will be taxed. Nearly all of the remaining 19.6 percent of Pennsylvania’s energy comes from carbon-free nuclear, hydroelectric power, and biomass. Unfortunately, nuclear, hydro power, and as much as half of Pennsylvania’s biomass energy don’t count as “clean, renewable” energy under the “clean,...
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The Waxman Markey Energy Tax is a tax on all carbon-based energy – coal, oil, and natural gas. That means that 95 percent of the energy that fuels the State of Pennsylvania will be taxed. Nearly all of the remaining 5 percent of Texans’ energy comes from carbon-free nuclear, hydroelectric power, and biomass. Unfortunately, nuclear, hydro power, and as much as half of Texas’s biomass energy don’t count as “clean, renewable” energy under the “clean, renewable” electricity...
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The Waxman Markey Energy Tax is a tax on all carbon-based energy – coal, oil, and natural gas. That means that 98.3 percent of the energy that fuels the State of Utah will be taxed. Nearly all of the remaining 2.7 percent of Utah’s energy comes from carbon-free hydro power and biomass. Unfortunately, hydro power and as much as half of Utah’s biomass energy don’t count as “clean, renewable” energy under the “clean, renewable” electricity mandate included in the...
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House of Wax: As Congress Kicks Off Week-Long Parade on Cap-and-Trade, AEA Poses Top 10 Questions Committee Needs to Answer Washington, D.C – American Energy Alliance (AEA) president Thomas J. Pyle issued the following statement today as Congress kicked off a week in which four straight days will be devoted to congressional hearings on cap-and-trade: “Over the next several days, more than...
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In today’s Wall Street Journal ,  KimStrassel details just one of the unintended consequences of government policiesin energy that are disrupting markets, increasing prices and adding to thefederal deficit.  Her piece details how a government program designed toencourage the use of alternative energy is being used by elements in theprivate sector for whom it was not intended precisely because it makes economicsense.  And now the government is upset: forced to subsidize somethingthat doesn’t...

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  Secretary Travels to San Francisco for Final Hearing on Nation's Energy Future   SANFRANCISCO - As Interior secretary Ken Salazar travels to the Bay Areatoday to hold the last in his recent series of public hearings on theprospect of expanding America's energy potential offshore, AmericanEnergy Alliance (AEA) director of federal affairs Kevin V. Kennedyissued the following statement: "It's worth noting thatSecretary Salazar is wrapping up his nationwide energy tour preciselyas he...
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