Between the federal government, states and municipalities, billions of taxpayer dollars have been spent adding electric buses to transit fleets across the United States to supposedly reduce carbon dioxide emissions. However, these electric buses are sitting unused as they are broken-down and either cannot be fixed, are too expensive to fix, or have been scrapped altogether.

Officials in Asheville, North Carolina, recently expressed frustration  that three of the five e-buses the city...

Farmers in the Netherlands blocked roads with their tractors to revolt against Europe’s increasingly stringent climate policies, and farmers in Germany and France have risen to the fight against rising diesel prices to protect their livelihoods and culture and ensure that Europeans have food on their tables. Demonstrations first broke out in the Netherlands in 2019 over government demands that livestock production be halved in order to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions . In the wake of...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna fact check some of the recent statements from the White House and discuss the American public's appetite for electric vehicles and the world's appetite for American oil and gas.

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• The World is Transitioning to American Oil from Saudi Crude
• Another Difficult Year for Europe’s Transition
• State Department reviewing options for possible recognition of Palestinian state
• Amid Pressure to Visit, Biden to...

A Washington state legislator has introduced a House bill to prohibit new gas-powered outdoor equipment beginning in 2026. New gas-fueled lawnmowers, chainsaws, rototillers, weed whackers, log splitters, leaf blowers, pressure washers, stump grinders, wood chippers, snow blowers and other equipment with 25-horsepower or less would be banned. The legislation, House Bill 1868, also would exempt electric-powered equipment from sales taxes and provide $5 million a year  to local governments to...

The Department of Energy is examining whether regulators should take climate change into account when deciding whether a proposed gas export project meets the U.S. national interest. The Energy Department is weighing whether to issue a permit for a gas export plant in Louisiana known as Calcasieu Pass 2 (CP2), one of 17 proposed LNG export terminals. The plant would ship up to 24 million metric tons of gas abroad each year from a 546-acre site  in Louisiana’s Cameron Parish. The...

The President of the United States is breaking his word with our allies and weakening NATO

WASHINGTON, DC (1/26/24) – Today, the Biden administration suspended decisions on export permits for liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities while the Department of Energy "reassesses" whether it is properly accounting for the climate impacts from proposed projects.

This election year gimmick immediately impacts Department of Energy approval of the Calcasieu Pass 2 (CP2) gas export...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the left's war on coffee and modern life, as well as the latest from the 2024 race for the White House.

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• RIP LNG?
• More common sense from Toyota
• More Dealerships sign on to the Biden letter
• On You Tube, Climate Denialism Takes a Turn
• Davos: Bad Hotels, Not Enough Wine
• The Doctor is In, But the Patient is Out of State
• Anger Management Therapist Accused of Murder

Almost 5,000 auto dealers nationwide wrote to President Biden, urging him to slow down his aggressive push to force automakers to produce and sell electric vehicles. His administration has proposed fuel economy and tailpipe emissions standards that would require two-thirds of the cars sold in 2032 to be electric, increasing consumer costs and unfairly burdening U.S. businesses. Earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed  tailpipe emissions standards...

The Biden administration recently unveiled regulations targeting multiple home and commercial appliances, which will impact the pocketbooks and comfort of millions of Americans. Biden’s Department of Energy (DOE) finalized new energy efficiency standards for residential refrigerators and freezers and proposed standards for commercial fans and blowers. DOE’s standards for refrigerators and freezers will be implemented between 2029 and 2030 , and take less efficient and less expensive...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle discuss John Kerry's departure of the Biden administration and the special, special role he, and his family, have played in developing Biden's policies.

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• McKenna appears on Rush to Reason KLZ Denver
• It’s cold out there. I feel bad for all those Tesla owners in Chicago.
• Prayers go out to the two Navy Seals missing.
• Six precincts that help explain success of Trump and DeSantis in 2024 Iowa Caucuses
• Special K...