Tag: american energy production

WASHINGTON DC (4/29/25) – Since taking office on January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump, alongside Congressional Republicans, has spearheaded a transformative agenda to secure American energy abundance, reduce costs for consumers, and bolster economic growth. Together, they have taken over 75 actions to unleash our energy potential. AEA President Thomas Pyle issued the following statement: […]

China’s efforts to ramp up lithium extraction could see it accounting for nearly a third of the world’s supply by the middle of the decade. Chinese-controlled lithium mines, including those in Africa, are expected to increase output to 705,000 tons by 2025, from 194,000 tons in 2022—almost quadrupling the amount of its global supply and lifting China’s share […]

President Biden is continuing with his program of “anywhere but the United States” when it comes to oil investment and future production. The United States is allowing Chevron to resume pumping oil from its Venezuelan oil fields that U.S. sanctions had halted almost three years ago. The license was granted to Chevron after President Nicolás Maduro’s government agreed to […]

WASHINGTON DC (11/02/2022) – Joe Biden and Congressional Democrats have a plan for American energy: make it harder to produce and more expensive to purchase. Since President Biden took office, his administration and Congressional Democrats have taken over 125 actions deliberately designed to make it harder to produce energy here in America. A PDF of […]

When asked by a news correspondent this month if President Biden intended to reverse course and reinstate pro-America energy policies, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki responded that there are 9,000 approved oil leases that the oil companies are not tapping into currently. But, as American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Mike Sommers indicates, her statement […]

It’s time for grown-ups to start handling energy policy in your administration. The American Energy Alliance, the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization, has a direct message for President Joe Biden as we await his comments on the blatant act of military aggression against Ukraine by Russian President Vladimir Putin. AEA President Thomas […]

President Biden’s Department of the Interior revoked existing federal leases for Twin Metals Minnesota to mine copper, nickel, cobalt, and platinum-group elements in the Superior National Forest. These metals are needed for President Biden’s program for electric vehicles and renewable energy technologies. Electric vehicles, for instance, use twice as much copper as vehicles with internal […]

The administration seeks further restrictions on the development of America’s energy security. WASHINGTON DC (January 27, 2022) – The American Energy Alliance (AEA), the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization, blasted the decision by the Biden Administration to revoke existing mineral leases for the Twin Metals mine in Minnesota’s Superior National Forest, that […]

President Biden seeks further restrictions of oil and gas development on federal lands, substantially higher royalty fees. WASHINGTON DC (November 23, 2021) – The American Energy Alliance (AEA), the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization, strongly condemns President Biden’s Black Friday release of a report on the federal oil and gas leasing program calling for further restrictions on federal lands for […]

President Biden’s Thanksgiving Day ploy to address rising gasoline prices ignores his ten months of anti-energy policy. WASHINGTON DC (November 23, 2021) – The American Energy Alliance (AEA), the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization, dismissed President Joe Biden’s announced release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) as a cynical and […]