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Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon: “Mr. Biden, tear up your energy policy. Let Wyoming power our country.” The White House and top Democratic lawmakers are considering a federal gasoline tax holiday, potentially pausing fees at the pump to help combat rising gasoline prices. The hypocrisy of that move is almost laughable given that it is President Biden’s […]
Last week 41 of the biggest energy-haters in Congress sent a letter to Richard Glick, chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, caterwauling about high energy prices. Like the gassy wheezer who fouls the living-room air and then kicks the dog to shift the blame, this cabal of pipeline blockers and permit-revokers tries to shift […]
The House Committee on Agriculture hosted a hearing on Wednesday, January 12, on the needed infrastructure and possible impediments to electric vehicle adoption in rural America. At issue is what policies would incentivize rural electric vehicle penetration and at what cost, and, whether subsidizing electric vehicle use in rural America would make a significant difference […]
Early January saw a massive snowstorm in the Washington D.C. area that resulted in downed wires and electricity outages for many households and businesses. Over 50 miles of Interstate 95 was closed to traffic with thousands of people stranded for hours as traffic was stopped. Vehicles ran out of fuel and electricity. Many affected households […]
On November 19, the House of Representatives passed a $2 trillion budget bill with a long list of increases in federal royalties and fees, plus new fees, new taxes, and barriers to leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, the Pacific, Atlantic, and eastern Gulf of Mexico. It passed on a party-line vote of 220-213 and was […]
The American Energy Alliance reminds all members of our previously issued key vote alert opposing H.R. 5376, the reconciliation spending package. The reconciliation package is packed with subsidies for special interests and distortions to energy markets. Energy sources we are assured are already cheap are generously subsidized. Reliable energy sources, like those that heat American homes, are taxed. Domestic […]
The trillion-dollar boondoggle will do nothing to fix the actual problems facing America today and those which voters are most concerned about: the supply chain crisis and rocketing inflation. WASHINGTON DC (November 16, 2021) – The American Energy Alliance (AEA), the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization, opposed the $1 trillion Infrastructure Investment […]
On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss what happened with Biden’s “infrastructure” bill and the fallout from COP26. Links: While COP26 enters into its 2nd week, China announced overnight that daily coal production has reached a **multi-year high** of 11.93 million tonnes per day in JUST 90 DAYS, between […]
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. American Energy Alliance · #56: Meet the Depressed
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 […]