Transmission Permitting is Broken

Net zero proponents, such as Net Zero America at Princeton University, believe the United States needs to build between 2x and 5x as much electricity transmission as we have today. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimates that to meet President Biden’s goal of a zero-carbon gird by 2035, the transmission capacity must increase up to […]

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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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Tom Pyle to Congress: How it Started, and How it’s Going

Wednesday, January 19, AEA president Tom Pyle provided testimony before a joint forum held by the Congressional Western Caucus and Oversight & Reform Republicans titled: Holding the Biden Administration Accountable for Skyrocketing Prices & Failing Energy Policies. Links The full forum can be viewed here More from AEA on this topic Support our work

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Liberal Legislators Kick the Dog

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 […]

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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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