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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 […]
On December 8, President Biden directed federal agencies to cut the government’s carbon dioxide emissions by 65 percent by 2030 with the goal of reaching net-zero emissions by 2050. Biden is directing federal car shoppers to buy only zero-emission passenger vehicles and light trucks by the end of fiscal year 2027, with 100 percent compliance by all vehicles […]
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 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 […]
Climate change central planning is found throughout the 2,700-plus page infrastructure bill that President Biden is touting as bipartisan. The Senate bill uses central planning to re-engineer the electric grid and to eliminate carbon from the U.S. economy by offering large subsidies. There is $21.5 billion to create the Energy Department’s new Office of Clean […]
After many months of discussion, we now have the text of a bipartisan infrastructure bill which some senators hope to rush through the Senate in just a week. The Democratic Party’s go-it-alone additional spending bill (beyond the regular budget), which they want to pass through reconciliation, is still undrafted, but Speaker Pelosi continues to promise […]
In early March, the House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko (D-NY) and Energy Subcommittee Chairman Bobby L. Rush (D-IL) introduced the Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for our Nation’s (CLEAN) Future Act. The bill aims to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by […]
Since taxpayers should not be responsible for the automaker’s corporate goals, AEA invites GM’s support in eliminating government subsidies and mandates for EVs. WASHINGTON DC (January 29, 2021) – The American Energy Alliance (AEA) is the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization. Thomas Pyle, AEA’s president, released the following statement in response to yesterday’s announcement by GM, the […]
According to Democratic Party presidential nominee Joe Biden’s Clean Energy Plan: “Biden will also transform the energy sources that power the transportation sector, making it easier for mobility to be powered by electricity and clean fuels, including commuter trains, school and transit buses, ferries, and passenger vehicles.” Many U.S. cities and states have experimented with […]
Executive order banning gasoline-powered vehicles not only a bad idea, but insulting to consumers WASHINGTON DC (September 23, 2020) –Thomas Pyle, President of the American Energy Alliance (AEA), issued the following statement in response to the executive order signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom that directs the California Air Resources Board to ban new gasoline-fueled vehicles […]