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On this episode of Unregulated Tom & Mike discuss the wide ranging impacts of Joe Biden’s day one executive orders and how his administration is shaping up in regards to energy policy.
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• Major Oil Producers Insulated from Biden’s Leasing Ban
• Trump couldn’t have incited sedition without the help of Fox News
A moratorium is just a ban by another name.
WASHINGTON DC (January 22, 2020) – The American Energy Alliance (AEA) is the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization. Thomas Pyle, AEA’s president, released the following statement in response to the announcement that the Department of the Interior would place a 60-day moratorium on oil, natural gas and coal development on America’s federal lands. The freeze will apply to permits, leases, easements and federal land management plans.
“Many questioned then candidate-Biden’s extremity and couched him as ‘reasonable,’ even allowing him to walk back his statements about bans on fracking or generalizing them as restrictions, but not bans. What more do you need? Biden is two-for-two after day two of his new administration and their war against affordable, American-made energy that supports millions of workers and even more families.
“Despite him literally saying he’d do it, many doubted how aggressive President Biden would be on stopping America’s energy production. Here’s your proof. Sixty days will only be the beginning. A moratorium is simply a ban by another name.”
A federal ban on drilling would hamper oil and gas production across much of New Mexico, North Dakota and Wyoming—three of the nation’s largest oil and gas producing states, as well as offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, which produces 2.3 million barrels of oil and gas per day. For perspective, the U.S. owns 2.46 billion acres of subsurface mineral estate between its onshore and offshore public lands, which is larger than the entire landmass of the United States. All of this will be off limits in President Biden’s latest effort to stop American energy development.
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On this episode of Unregulated Tom & Mike discuss Trump’s second impeachment, Andrew Yang, and politics in New York.
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New commander-in-chief calls for unity then gives American energy workers and families the shaft.
WASHINGTON DC (January 20, 2020) – The American Energy Alliance (AEA) is the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization. Thomas Pyle, AEA’s president, released the following statement in response to President Joe Biden’s decision to rescind the permit for the Keystone pipeline, reenter the U.S. into the Paris Agreement, and order his agencies to immediately begin to unravel President Trump’s pro-consumer regulatory reforms.
“My mother taught me to judge people by their actions, not their words. Today, President Biden read a nice speech calling for unity then immediately signed a flurry of executive actions that thumbed his nose at half of the country and squarely took aim at affordable energy, the families that benefit from it, and the American workers who produce it.
“The Keystone pipeline is nearly completely built and an important link for North America’s economic security. The decision today to rescind the permit makes it crystal clear that Mr. Biden stands with the extreme green lobby and not average Americans.
“The Paris Agreement is fool’s errand. Nearly every signatory to the agreement is falling short of their commitment and even if they were on track, it would do virtually nothing to change our climate. The economic inactivity as a result of the COVID lockdowns this past year is merely a fraction of what Paris would require of the U.S. Meanwhile, China will increase their emissions and continue to do what is in their strategically best interest. Even James Hansen, the godfather of climate alarmism, has called the Paris Accord a fraud.
“If Joe Biden truly seeks to unify our nation, he’s off to a terrible start.”
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On this episode of Unregulated Tom & Mike discuss the action packed first week of 2021. From the storming of the Capitol Hill, to the results of the Georgia senate election and the re-election of the RNC chief find out what it all means for 2021.
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• For first time in 5 years, US gas mileage down, emissions up (USA Today)
Democrats poised to take functional control of Washington,
but still no mandate for fundamental transformation or Green New Deal.
WASHINGTON DC (January 6, 2020) – The American Energy Alliance (AEA) is the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization. Thomas Pyle, AEA’s president, released the following statement in response to the U.S. Senate elections in Georgia:
“Congratulations to the apparent winners of the U.S. Senate elections in Georgia, Ralph Warnock and Jon Ossoff. We look forward to working with them and all members of the 117th congress to ensure that Americans always have an abundant supply of affordable, reliable energy and the 6.8 million Americans who deliver that energy continue to have access to the high-paying, dependable jobs that have enabled them to provide a comfortable life for their families.
“We look forward to working with Rev. Warnock and Mr. Ossoff to ensure that energy is not made more expensive for everyone simply to provide emotional satisfaction for a select few. After all, when energy prices increase, it is the poor, the elderly, those on fixed incomes, and the marginalized who suffer the most. Surely the incoming Congress is not interested in further harming those important constituencies, especially in these difficult times.
“With their apparent victories in Georgia, the Democrats are poised to take functional control of Congress along with the White House. Let us all hope they don’t lose sight of the fact that they will be governing a deeply divide nation with the narrowest of margins in both legislative chambers. That is hardly a license for a fundamental transformation of our economy or the energy system in this country.”
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EPA can finally put an end to history of cherry-picking research to support a predetermined, political outcome
WASHINGTON DC (January 5, 2021) – The American Energy Alliance (AEA), the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization, threw its support behind the announcement from EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler limiting “secret science” in the agency’s public policy making process made common by the Obama administration.
The new rule establishes how the EPA will consider studies relying on dose-response data, which form the basis for many of its significant regulatory actions and influential scientific information. Dose-response approaches are common when the agency is attempting to determine “safe” or “hazardous” settings or levels, especially as it relates to dosages for drugs, pollutants, foods, or other substances connected to human or environmental exposure. EPA’s new rule, Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science, focuses primarily on giving greater consideration to studies where the underlying dose-response data are available in a manner sufficient for independent validation. For too long, public review of the data supporting EPA’s key findings of what’s deemed safe, and what’s hazardous, has been limited by a too-common habit of keeping the underlying data private, even from the EPA itself. The rule seeks to end default, secretive practices and instead encourage greater transparency.
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler outlined the reasoning of this final rule in an Op-Ed published in the Wall Street Journal yesterday noting, “The work of the Environmental Protection Agency—to protect human health and the environment—shouldn’t be exempt from public scrutiny. This is why we are promulgating a rule to make the agency’s scientific processes more transparent. Too often Congress shirks its responsibility and defers important decisions to regulatory agencies. These regulators then invoke science to justify their actions, often without letting the public study the underlying data. Part of transparency is making sure the public knows what the agency bases its decisions on.”
Thomas Pyle, President of the American Energy Alliance, issued the following statement supporting the Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science rule:
“It is difficult to disagree with Administrator Wheeler’s sentiment that transparency knows no political ideology. As noted in the release of this rule, no individual’s private information will be released, citing a process that can verify results with independent review and still protect confidential and personal information striking an important balance between transparency and privacy when it comes to our health and environment.
“For too long, some in the scientific community have sought to abuse the process to manipulate a predetermined outcome. It’s a shameful practice that must come to an end and shedding light in the dark swamp that Washington DC has become will only help.
“Just as laws are meaningless without enforcement, transparency is just a political buzz word without proper review. Sadly, restoring trust in government appears an impossible task these days but this rule is a step in the right direction and sets up a future where citizens can verify the information the government is using when making decisions about their health.”
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On this episode of Unregulated Tom & Mike discuss the COVID-19 stimulus/omnibus spending bills and the impacts it will likely have on America’s energy producers and welcome the very first guest to the show, Jason Hayes of Michigan’s Mackinac Center, to discuss Biden’s plan to appoint former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm to lead the U.S. Department of Energy.
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• Washington Times to The Republic: Rediscovering the Constitution
• Read Jason’s latest from the Mackinac Center
• Jennifer Granholm’s energy record in Michigan should frighten America
• Biden’s energy and climate appointments: A return to ‘the swamp’
• The latest blogs from the Institute for Energy Research
• China Needs Its Coal Fleet to Power Its Rising Electric Vehicle Fleet
• China is Stockpiling Crude Oil as Covid-19 Makes Oil Cheap
• China Suffers Widespread Blackouts Amid Coal Supply Shortage
On this episode of Unregulated Tom & Mike discuss the COVID-19 stimulus/omnibus spending bills and the rise of a new cross political coalition of lawmakers looking to change up how the federal bureaucracy functions.
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• Washington Times to The Republic: Rediscovering the Constitution
• Soviet Politics, American Style
• Inside Biden’s Meeting With Civil Rights Leaders
• Tweet from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
• The COVID-19 stimulus bill would make illegal streaming a felony
• Nature Conservancy Hooked Corporate America on an Empty Climate Solution
• Stephen Kicks Off A Late Show’s Obama-Rama Extravagama With A Special Obamalogue
Inclusion of corporate welfare and unnecessary tax extensions a major mistake.
WASHINGTON DC (December 21, 2020) – The American Energy Alliance (AEA), the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization, released the following response to news that Congress has agreed to include special green giveaways for the powerful renewable energy lobby – which has already drained billions of dollars from taxpayers – as a part of its latest omnibus spending bill.
Thomas Pyle, President of the American Energy Alliance, issued the following statement:
“Christmas has come early for the renewable energy lobby, as Congress has once again reached into taxpayers’ wallets to generously subsidize wind, solar, and biofuel producers. Particularly shameful is the year-long extension of the production tax credit for onshore wind, which the industry had promised to phase-out but continues to go back on their word. On the one hand, the wind industry constantly claims they are now the lowest cost option for electricity generation, and on the other, they continue to spend millions lobbying Congress to send them billions in taxpayer subsidies. If wind is such a good deal for electricity generation, why does the industry keep coming back to Congress with their hand out?”
“It is a disgrace how Congress operates these days. Both parties do nothing all year long except trade insults and then, in a lame duck session, they leap into bipartisan action by slipping a laundry list of special interest giveaways for their friends on K Street into a year-end must pass bill to fund the federal budget. This year’s winter windfall might be good for wind, solar, biofuels, and an already bloated federal energy bureaucracy, but it is bad for the rest of us.”
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