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China is surpassing the United States this year as the world’s largest refiner as government climate goals and regulation cause U.S. refiners to close facilities. China is expected to have 18.81 million barrels per day of refining capacity while the United States has 17.7 million barrels per day of operating refinery capacity and about 0.4 million barrels per day […]
Together, China and India are planning to increase their domestic coal production by a total of 700 million tons per year. That increase is about 100 million tons more than the total coal production expected in the United States this year of 600 million tons. U.S. coal production today is about half of its high in 2008 of 1.17 billion tons. […]
President Biden and his administration do not want to mine American-owned minerals on public lands. Rather, Biden wants to use American taxpayer funds. The Department of Defense asked Congress to let it fund facilities in these countries that process strategic minerals used to make electric vehicles and weapons. Existing law does not allow Defense Production Act […]
According to The New York Times, President Biden is imposing a tariff of between 14 percent and 15 percent for the next four years on imported crystalline silicon solar products, but his administration at the same time doubled the amount of solar cells that can come into the country without facing tariffs to 5 gigawatts and exempted bifacial […]
China’s low-carbon goals should not come at the expense of energy and food security or the “normal life” of ordinary people, according to its president, Xi Jinping, signaling a cautious approach to the Paris agreement and COP26 pledges to reduce emissions. China is the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases. It sees pledges to reduce carbon […]
The American Energy Alliance urges all members to oppose H.R. 4521 the vehicle for the America COMPETES Act. While some parts of this legislation, especially those focused on China’s human rights violations, may be laudable, the larger package hijacks these important issues in an attempt to jam through significant green spending that could not pass […]
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 […]
For all the talk about the demise of coal, it’s important to note that coal generated 35% of the world’s electricity in 2020, more than any other fuel. Even in the U.S., coal was expected to generate 23% of the nation’s electricity in 2021—up from 19% in 2020. In addition to electricity generation, coal is […]
On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast, Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss this week’s headlines and the arrival of an unexpected ally in the fight against Biden’s Build Back Beter. Links Props to Bob Costas Hispanic Voters Now Evenly Split Between Parties, WSJ Poll Finds Biden Nominee Withdraws Name to Lead OCC Banking Watchdog […]
On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss Biden’s attempt to nominate an outright Marxist to regulate America’s banking sector and the administration’s tone-deaf response to rising gas prices. Links: Biden Is Looking at Possible SPR Release: Granholm Biden on McAuliffe’s defeat WATCH: ABC’s George Stephanopoulos outlines a “brutal new […]