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On this episode of Unregulated Tom & Mike discuss what a Biden administration will mean for the prospects of a national carbon tax, and the important role the Georgia runoff election will play in shaping the next four years of American politics. Links: • ‘For distracted Republicans, it’s time to refocus on Georgia Senate races’ […]
As of Thursday, presidential election results are still being tabulated. Former vice president Biden has a slight edge, but final results will depend on tallies in Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Georgia. Elsewhere, however, there is a clear picture coming from the 2020 election: the blue progressive wave meant to sweep to power and remake energy markets […]
When last we saw the Murkowski-Manchin energy bill, it was March and the bill was stymied by arguments over amendments. At the time we dubbed the bill the American Energy Bureaucracy Act, and that description is still apt. We questioned, and still question, the need for the raft of new programs the bill is pushing. […]
This week the American Energy Alliance released its American Energy Scorecard for the United States Senate. The AEA scorecard scores voting and co-sponsorship decisions on legislation affecting energy and environmental policy, educating voters on how their representatives’ vote and holding members accountable for those decisions. This year’s Senate scorecard compiles 23 votes and 1 co-sponsorship […]
Senate Democrats are rolling out their own “climate action” document, much in the same vein as the “Climate Crisis Action Plan” released earlier this summer by House Democrats. Senate Dems’ “Case for Climate Action” says global warming is “scary stuff” and that by following their plans Americans will have better technology, cheaper energy, and “things […]
WASHINGTON DC (August 25, 2020) – The American Energy Alliance, the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization, responded to the long-awaited Senate Democrats latest plan on how they would steer the federal government on the issue of climate change. Thomas Pyle, president of the American Energy Alliance, issued the following statement in reaction […]
This week the Senate will hastily begin consideration of a broad energy package compiled by Senators Murkowski and Manchin, with language included in the bill compiled from around 50 existing pieces of legislation, according to the sponsors. While claiming to be about promoting “innovation” the bill is more accurately seen as promoting bureaucracy. The completed […]
33 free-market organizations join effort opposing extensions or increasing EV tax credits WASHINGTON DC (December 10, 2019) – Following the launch of their latest initiative against unnecessary subsidies, the American Energy Alliance (AEA), backed by thirty-two additional signers, issued the following letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urging him and his colleagues to oppose […]
WASHINGTON DC (July 30, 2019) – Today, Thomas Pyle, President of the American Energy Alliance, issued a letter to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman John Barrasso highlighting concerns about the recently introduced America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act. Included in the legislation is an unjustified, $1 billion handout to special interests in the form of charging […]
As the battle over the Senate’s objectionable tax extenders package continues, another fight over special interests and corporate welfare is building in Congress—namely, the reauthorization of the Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank. After Ex-Im’s mandate expired on June 30, senators voted Sunday to revive the Bank. The U.S. government runs the bank as its “official export credit […]