Biden’s War On Mining Weakens America

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 […]

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Biden Backs Corrupt Dictators Over American Energy Producers

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 […]

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125 Ways the Biden Administration and Congress Have Made it Harder to Produce Oil & Gas

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 […]

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Jen Psaki Doubles Down On Lies Against American Energy Producers

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 […]

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Policy Advice for President Joe Biden in Response to Putin’s Aggression in Ukraine

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 […]

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Biden Abandons American Miners & Embraces Dependence On Chinese Minerals

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 […]

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Biden Opens New Front in War on Domestic Energy with Revocation of Twin Metals Leases

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 […]

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Biden’s Black Friday Bombshell: Interior to Pursue Policies That Will Make Gasoline Even More Expensive

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 […]

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Biden’s SPR Release a Cynical CYA Exercise in Spin

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 […]

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In the Pipeline: 8/9/13

Congress should take this as a teachable moment and mandate that the plant generate all its electricity from wind or solar and that Congress will rely on no other powerplants.  I suspect the Republic would be a lot safer if staffers and Members had to get by on a few hours of electricity a day. […]

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