Congratulations are in order on the passage of the so-called bipartisan infrastructure bill. Not to President Joe Biden, whose own priorities barely feature in the legislation, but to another Joe, the one from West Virginia (though we would be remiss if we didn’t also congratulate Senator Krysten Sinema, the Arizona Democrat who worked hard to attract GOP support for the bloated bill). The legislation, which finally passed the House months after passing the Senate, was really Senator Joe...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the results of the 2021 state elections in Virginia and elsewhere and what Glenn's Youngkin's victory means for the rest of the country.

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna respond to breaking news and discuss the efforts of everyone's favorite globe-trotting "diplomat."

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• Biden Framework for Social-Climate Package Fails to Ease Passage of Infrastructure Bill
• The New Jersey Governor’s Race Gets Closer under the Radar
• Biden on vaccine mandates
• Biden on "freedom"
• Saudi Arabia on climate change
• Under-investment in traditional energy sources amid the ongoing transition to renewables may...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna dispense a few words of wisdom for our elected leaders and anyone else who will listen.

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast, Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss election updates from around the country, prospects for 2024, and headlines from around the world.

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• "Let's Go Brandon"
• Trump Iowa rally audio
• Pope Francis Condemns Abortion: “It Really is a Murder”
• A cabinet member has been on leave for two months **and nobody noticed**.
• Chinese President Xi does not plan to attend Rome summit in person, envoys tell G-20 officials
• “Who do you think should be in...

One of the ways Democrats intend to pay for their reconciliation infrastructure bill is through the Methane Emissions Reduction Act of 2021, a proposed tax on methane emissions from natural gas and petroleum production. The tax would start at $1,800 per ton of emissions in 2023 with the potential direct cost of the tax to the economy being as high as $14.4 billion, increasing 5 percent above inflation annually.

This tax would most likely reduce oil and gas production in the U.S. at a...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss OPEC+, JP Morgan's energy paper, Europe's energy crunch, China, and much, much more.

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• Vladimir Putin doesn't let a crisis go to waste, and enjoys every chance to troll the European Commission
• Column: Asia's energy crunch boosts coal and LNG, but threatens their future
• China unloads Australian coal despite import ban amid power shortage

The American Energy Alliance urges all members to vote NO on H.R. 3684, the infrastructure bill as amended by the Senate.

This legislation is poor policy and a bad use of taxpayer resources. The subsidies for electric vehicles and charging are not the responsibility of the federal government. The tens of billions of dollars for unneeded and impractical passenger rail will only fuel more wasteful white elephants to accompany California's ongoing high-speed rail fiasco. The tens of...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss Europe's looming energy crisis.

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• Oil prices rise above $80 a barrel for first time in three years
• China to spend over $120 billion on services, drill 118,000 wells through 2025
• Jen Psaki: It’s “unfair and absurd” that companies would increase costs for consumers in response to us taxing them more.
• Economic Consequences of President Biden’s Fiscal Policy
• John Kerry on the Biden administration's lack...

The American Energy Alliance urges all Senators to oppose the nomination of Tracy Stone-Manning for director of the Bureau of Land Management.

Stone-Manning has a demonstrated history of environmental radicalism that is disqualifying for the role of BLM director. Her involvement in violent, criminal activism alone should be disqualifying. But beyond that incident Stone-Manning has established a clear track record of hostility towards the statutory multiple use of federal lands as...