Europe’s plan to slash carbon emissions and reach net zero carbon by 2050 is seeing a backlash as the spiraling cost — both political and economic — needed for the transition is becoming clearer to Europeans. Wind and solar projects are now getting more scrutiny with Siemens indicating huge costs to fix operational problems. A new offshore wind project in the North Sea was canceled due to high costs and the negative effects on the environment  it would create. French President Emmanuel...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss bumbles from Biden and co. this week, the Maui wildfire, and the latest ups and downs from the 2024 presidential contest.

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• US Mortgage Rate Climbs to 7.16%, Matching Highest Since 2001 Bloomberg
• Manchin…
• LA Times: Despite climate goals, California will let three gas plants keep running
• Washington Times Commentary: Tim Constantine Renewable energy policies fueled by lies, pixie dust and your money
• Trump...

WASHINGTON DC (08/17/2023) – The American Energy Alliance (AEA), the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization, has joined a coalition of free-market organizations working to save taxpayers from runaway Washington spending on green corporate welfare found in the so-called "Inflation Reduction Act."

AEA President Thomas Pyle issued the following statement:

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the latest "rebrand" for the green movement, Biden's most recent moves against domestic energy and mineral production, and some fun headlines from a busy week in Washington.

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• Renewable Energy Still King of Pork
• No New Drilling: The Courts Overruled Me
• Biden: We’re Paying People
• Biden Locks up Uranium Mine
• Biden’s NEPA Reform
• Volcano, El Nino, Cleaner Burning Ships… Chattanooga Times Free Press
• National...

The Biden administration is proposing to tighten energy efficiency standards for new residential water heaters--the second-largest energy-using appliances in most households. Heating and cooling are the largest residential use of energy with water heating accounting for about 13 percent of both annual residential energy use and consumer utility costs. If finalized, the proposal would take effect in 2029 . Under the Department of Energy’s proposal, the most commonly-used electric water...

WASHINGTON DC (08/07/2023) – Last week, the Biden administration’s Department of Energy (DOE) released its latest Critical Minerals Assessment, which included uranium as a near-critical supply risk for the United States both in the short term and the medium term.

And yet, this week The Washington Post is reporting that President Biden is planning a trip to Arizona to reportedly designate a vast area near the Grand Canyon as a national monument to safeguard it from uranium...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss former president Trump's legal battles, the regulatory death of the incandescent light bulb, new attacks on America's energy producers and more.

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• Bernie Sanders: Another Strongly Worded Letter to the Fossil Fuel Industry
• RIP Incandescent Light Bulb
• UK Ups Their Subsidy Game
• Reuters: US Sees Price Cap on Russian Oil Working Despite Upturn in Prices
• Ford Diesel Generator
• NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Survey
• Winner:...

First Solar, an Arizona-based solar-panel manufacturer, expects to receive as much as $710 million this year—nearly 90 percent of its expected operating profit—from federal subsidies meant to encourage domestic renewable energy production. Those incentives could be worth more than $10 billion  for the company over the next decade. The incentives were approved by a Democratic Congress and President Biden last year and taxpayers will be paying the bill. Ten billion dollars is 20 times more...

Last week, the Biden administration issued a proposal by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to increase the average fuel economy of vehicles sold in the United States. Under the proposal, automakers would be required to increase the average mileage of the passenger vehicles they sell by 2 percent  a year for passenger cars, and 4 percent a year for light trucks, between 2027 and 2032. If implemented, the plan means new autos sold in the United States would achieve an...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the latest doomsday proclamations from climate-cultists, and headlines from a busy week in Washington.

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• Fed lifts rates, Powell leaves door open to another hike in September
• Hunter Deal Derailed. AP
• Clean energy push in New Jersey, elsewhere met with warnings the government is coming for your stove
• California Looks to the Future and Sees Fewer Californians
• California: Revenue flees as well
• Manatee