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AEA Statement on the PERMIT Act

December 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment

WASHINGTON DC (12/12/25) – This week, the U.S. House began what is slated to be two weeks of permitting action. Most notable on the calendar so far has been the passage of H.R. 3898, the “Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today (PERMIT) Act,” which reforms Section 401 permitting through the Clean Water Act. Section 401 permits have long been weaponized to stop the development of natural gas pipeline infrastructure.

This legislation will be included in our American Energy Scorecard and was passed 221-205.

American Energy Alliance President Tom Pyle released the following statement:

“We are pleased to see the House take permitting reform seriously by debating and passing components of much-needed legislation. While this is a great start in the right direction, legislators need to ensure we are advancing true environmental reforms and not just engaging in an end-of-year box-checking exercise. With a Republican-led White House and Congress, we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to modernize America’s outdated permitting process, overhaul the environmental rules that have long delayed energy and infrastructure projects, and pave the way for lower energy costs, greater competition, and a stronger, more secure energy economy. We will be watching closely and look forward to working with House members to see meaningful, comprehensive reform take shape.”

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The Unregulated Podcast #256: An Impeachable Offense

December 8, 2025 by Leave a Comment

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the woes of the American auto consumer, the future of the ethanol mafia, the end of Europe’s green dream, and more.

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Key Vote YES on H.J. Res. 131

December 4, 2025 by Leave a Comment

The American Energy Alliance supports H.J. Res. 131 providing for congressional disapproval of the 2024 BLM leasing plan for the Alaska coastal plain.

The Alaska coastal plain has long been set aside by Congress for oil and gas development. In 2017 Congress specifically mandated leasing in the coastal plain. The Biden administration’s BLM plan placed so many limitations on coastal plain leasing that it amounted to a de facto ban on development, contradicted the express will of Congress. While the current administration has worked to reverse this action administratively, passing this CRA resolution will ensure that future presidential administrations cannot reinstate this backdoor ban.

A YES vote on H.J. Res. 131 is a vote in support of free markets and affordable energy. AEA will include this vote in its American Energy Scorecard.

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Another Win for Consumers: President Trump Announces Reset of CAFE Standards

December 3, 2025 by Leave a Comment

WASHINGTON DC (12/3/25) – Today, President Trump announced a reset of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, an outdated fuel efficiency mandate that has, for decades, made trucks and cars in the United States significantly more expensive. 

American Energy Alliance President Tom Pyle released the following statement:

“President Trump’s reset of the CAFE program is yet another win for the American people. Both car manufacturing and car purchasing are expensive and difficult enough without the federal government stepping in to impose its will on the auto industry. 

“The Biden administration abused the CAFE program to implement a de facto electric vehicle mandate. EVs, which currently cost thousands more than gas-powered cars and trucks, are simply not affordable for most Americans, and consumers should not be forced into buying them.

“The One Big Beautiful Bill took an important step by zeroing out CAFE penalties. By fully reversing the Biden-era CAFE standards, automakers will have the long-term certainty they need to invest with confidence to produce the cars people want to drive. The marketplace must be shaped by consumer choice, not political preference. Today’s action prioritizes the American people over meddling bureaucrats in Washington. These directives are a positive start in the right direction, and we look forward to assisting the administration in its mission of reducing federal regulations and protecting American freedoms.

We also call on Congress to seriously consider repealing the CAFE law altogether, as it was never intended to force such dramatic changes to the automobile market, such as those envisioned by President Biden.”

Background

A significant reason new car prices have spiralled out of control is the ever-growing burden of regulations. According to Kelley Blue Book, the average transaction price for a new vehicle surpassed $50,000 for the first time in September, a threshold that’s putting car ownership out of reach for millions of Americans. Perhaps most strikingly, the average transaction price for electric vehicles (EVs) was $9,300 higher than the overall industry average. EVs remain significantly more expensive than conventional vehicles, which underscores why it’s a positive development that the incoming Trump administration is rejecting the Biden-era push to force consumers into EVs through aggressive mandates and subsidies.

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American Energy Alliance’s Statement on WOTUS and ESA Reform

December 3, 2025 by Leave a Comment

WASHINGTON DC (12/3/25) – In a victory for conservation, the rule of law, property rights, and rural communities, the Trump administration recently proposed two long-overdue rules that restore balance to federal environmental policy while pursuing genuine conservation.

The Environmental Protection Agency unveiled a new rule that aligns the definition of “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act with the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous 2023 Sackett v. EPA decision. Simultaneously, the Department of the Interior announced common-sense updates to Endangered Species Act (ESA) regulations that focus on species recovery rather than divisive litigation and illegal federal land management.  

Tom Pyle, President of the American Energy Alliance, issued the following statement:

“The Trump administration’s WOTUS reform finally reins in decades of federal overreach and respects the Supreme Court’s Sackett decision. At the same time, the proposed Endangered Species Act updates will end the abuse of a 50-year-old law that has been wielded as a sledgehammer against landowners and has not provided sufficient incentives to recover endangered species.  These are pro-environment, pro-economy, pro-America reforms that prove we can conserve our natural heritage and unleash American innovation at the same time. This is exactly the balanced, reasonable regulation the American people voted for.”

Waters of the United States

The WOTUS rule will focus federal regulation within the bounds set by the Constitution, empower states and local communities, and ensure that federal resources are focused on protecting America’s navigable waters.

The proposed rule, announced by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Adam Telle, will end the regulatory ping-pong between administrations and instead establish a rule that builds lasting credibility. Over the years, federal regulators have used the Clean Water Act to regulate wetlands, regardless of the restrictions the Constitution places on the federal government’s power.  By focusing on the proper limits of the federal government, this new rule protects landowners from overzealous federal regulators and allows the state to exercise its regulatory prerogatives under the Constitution.  

Endangered Species

The Endangered Species Act, like the Clean Water Act, has been improperly used as a tool of federal land use management for too long. Instead of properly focusing on protecting species, federal regulators have frequently wielded the ESA to punish landowners. This suite of regulatory changes focuses the listing process on the best scientific and commercial data, improves the consultation between federal agencies, requires species-specific rules for threatened (as opposed to endangered species), and clarifies how economic and national security impacts are taken into consideration in the designation of critical habitat.  

Overall, these rules will create better incentives for federal regulators to partner with landowners to recover endangered and threatened species. 

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The Unregulated Podcast 255: Gobble and Waddle

November 26, 2025 by Leave a Comment

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna welcome the holiday season, discuss pardons and perjurers, procedural uncertainty on Capitol Hill, and more.

George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation (1789)

By the President of the United States of America — A Proclamation

Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor—and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me “to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness.”

Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be—That we may then all unite in rendering unto him our sincere and humble thanks—for his kind care and protection of the People of this country previous to their becoming a Nation—for the signal and manifold mercies, and the favorable interpositions of his providence, which we experienced in the course and conclusion of the late war—for the great degree of tranquillity, union, and plenty, which we have since enjoyed—for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national One now lately instituted—for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed; and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and in general for all the great and various favors which he hath been pleased to confer upon us.

And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech him to pardon our national and other transgressions—to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually—to render our National Government a blessing to all the people, by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed—to protect and guide all Sovereigns and Nations (especially such as have shown kindness unto us) and to bless them with good government, peace, and concord—To promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us—and generally to grant unto all Mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best.

Given under my hand at the City of New York the third day of October in the year of our Lord 1789.

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The Unregulated Podcast #254: Terrible People

November 21, 2025 by Leave a Comment

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the latest turns of the Epstein saga, upcoming votes on Capitol Hill, the continued implosion of the climate alarmist movement, and more.

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American Energy Alliance Commends House Members For Voting in Favor of H.R. 1949

November 21, 2025 by Leave a Comment

WASHINGTON DC (11/21/2025) – Last night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1949, the Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025. This legislation would streamline the LNG export approval process. The final vote was 217 to 188, with 28 members abstaining. The vote was included in AEA’s American Energy Scorecard.

American Energy Alliance President Tom Pyle released the following statement:

“When the Department of Energy implemented LNG export permit requirements almost nine decades ago, the U.S. was concerned about having enough supply for our domestic needs. Today, the energy landscape has changed significantly, and the U.S. has become the number one gas producer in the world. Not only are we producing more than ever before, but we still have massive reserves just waiting to be tapped. What hasn’t changed is an onerous and outdated permitting requirement that stifles investment and American competitiveness. It has been used as a political football long enough; today, we applaud the House for taking the first step to streamline the process so it works in favor of our country’s economic needs. We have abundant God-given natural resources, and we are producing them safely and cleanly. It’s past time to get out of our own way and get our goods to market.”

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Key Vote YES on S.J. Res. 89

November 20, 2025 by Leave a Comment

The American Energy Alliance supports S.J. Res. 89 providing for congressional disapproval of the BLM Buffalo field office resource management plan of November 2024.

This BLM decision rushed through during the lame duck of the Biden administration was contrary to the will of Congress, which has long authorized federal lands in the Powder River Basin to be developed as part of Congress’s directive that federal lands be open for energy exploration and production. This restrictive plan reflects the priorities of radical environmentalists in Washington, DC, not the actual state and communities being harmed. The plan should never have been finalized in the first place and Congress is right to reverse these draconian restrictions.

A YES vote on final passage of S.J. Res. 89 is a vote in support of free markets and affordable energy. AEA will include this vote in its American Energy Scorecard.

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Key Vote YES on H.R. 1949

November 20, 2025 by Leave a Comment

The American Energy Alliance supports H.R. 1949 the Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act of 2025, which would streamline the approval process for LNG export approvals.

The requirement for a special permit from the Department of Energy for exports of LNG is a relic of a time when we feared that the United States was running out of natural gas. The world has long since changed, we are now the world’s largest producer of natural gas and one of the largest exporters, and we have vast reserves of gas ready to be developed needing only a market. The Department of Energy permitting process has also been the primary source of political and legal interference with the growth of the LNG industry is this country. Removing this outdated and unnecessary step is long overdue.

A YES vote on H.R. 1949 is a vote in support of free markets and affordable energy. AEA will include it in its American Energy Scorecard.

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