“Sue & Settle” Back Under Biden’s Regulatory Regime

Under a settlement agreement with environmentalists, Federal regulators will review oil and gas leases going back to 2019 to see whether their impact on climate change was properly addressed and to consider the social cost of greenhouse gas emissions in the analysis. The Biden administration agreed to review 56,000 acres of oil and gas leases in Montana and North Dakota issued by […]

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How High Will Energy Prices Rise Before Biden Wakes Up?

Politicians and environmentalists claim an urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but in reality, world coal demand for power generation continues to increase and carbon dioxide emissions from the electric sector continue to grow. In 2021, those emissions were 5.9 percent higher than in 2020. Over half the growth in electricity demand in 2021 was generated […]

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The Unregulated Podcast #100: The Here and Now

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast, Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the Biden administration’s continued rhetorical war on non-Democrats, updates on key midterm races, and the electrical grids crumbling around the globe under the weight of various renewable mandates. Links: Biden Speech Ursula von der Leyen: EU “Flatten the Curve” Liz Truss: UK […]

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The Unregulated Podcast #99: Decisions Were Made

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast, Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the Biden administration, and other regime politicians’ attempts to distance themselves from the consequences of their own policies. Links: 100 Ways Biden and the Democrats Have Made it Harder to Produce Oil & Gas Post Losing Money. NY Times will hire its […]

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Bad Energy Decisions Are Crushing European Business

Europe’s electricity and natural gas prices are skyrocketing.  European electricity prices are now the equivalent of $1,000 per barrel of oil. It is easy to blame Russia, and Russia’s actions deserve a lot of blame, but Europe has been warned for forty years by American presidents from Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump, that relying on […]

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DC’s Field of Dreams

In the 1989 hit film, Field of Dreams, Iowa farmer, Ray Kinsella, hears a voice telling him, “If you build it, he will come.”  In a totally irrational move, Ray plows under a chunk of his corn crop and builds a baseball field.  Magic ensues.  In DC, and around the world, the policymakers seem to […]

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Manchin Sold Out West Virginia… For Nothing

Senator Joe Manchin is seeking a bill on permitting reform this fiscal year that could help accelerate wind- and solar-power projects as well as pipelines for oil and gas. Utility energy projects such as power transmission lines and offshore wind farms as well as oil and gas pipeline projects can be delayed for years and […]

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The Unregulated Podcast #98: Money for Nothing

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast, Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the recent primary election results, Biden’s latest antics, and the level of sacrifice required to produce the world’s greatest tomatoes. Tom and Mike also sit down with Liz Bowman of the American Exploration & Production council to talk about all things shale […]

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While Biden Cripples America, Mexico Approaches Energy Independence

Mexico’s newest oil refinery is not yet operational since it is behind schedule and over budget, but President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced the refinery as a centerpiece to his goal of securing Mexico’s energy independence, which President Trump had secured for Americans in 2019 and which President Biden is destroying through his energy and climate policies. […]

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