Press Releases

Call it whatever you like, it's still the most regressive tax imaginable.

WASHINGTON DC (March 26, 2021) – Today, the American Energy Alliance (AEA), the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization, reiterated its opposition to a carbon tax – in any form – in reaction to the news that the American Petroleum Institute has endorsed a "price on carbon."

AEA President Thomas Pyle issued the following statement:

Senators casting votes in support of Rep. Haaland for Interior Secretary will earn a negative mark on AEA's Energy Scorecard.

WASHINGTON DC (March 15, 2021) – Today, the American Energy Alliance (AEA), the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization, issued a vote alert to members of the U.S. Senate that the organization would be scoring the confirmation vote of Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM) as the next Secretary of Interior. AEA’s Energy...

Promoting former Obama officials with a history of failed policies will not unite America.

WASHINGTON DC (March 3, 2021) – Today, the American Energy Alliance (AEA) issued ten suggested questions for today’s Senate Environment & Public Works Committee confirmation hearing for Brenda Mallory to serve as Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and Janet McCabe to become the Deputy Administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). CEQ advises the...

America’s newfound energy dominance could be in peril if promises of unrealistic, expensive energy policies are implemented.

WASHINGTON DC (February 22, 2021) – Today, the American Energy Alliance (AEA) issued its top ten suggested questions for the Department of Interior nominee Representative Deb Haaland for tomorrow’s Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee confirmation hearing. The Department of Interior oversees America's vast federal public lands and is arguably...

How will Biden’s EPA administrator find consensus amid
White House climate czars and Big Green, Inc.?

WASHINGTON DC (February 2, 2020) – Today, the American Energy Alliance (AEA) issued ten questions for tomorrow’s Senate Environment and Public Works Committee confirmation hearing of Michael S. Regan. AEA President Thomas Pyle issued the following statement ahead of the hearing:

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 nation's largest automobile...

President makes it clear that he cares more about environmentalists in California than workers in New Mexico, North Dakota, and Colorado, or families, the poor, the elderly, or those on fixed incomes anywhere in the United States.

WASHINGTON DC (January 27, 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 response to President Biden’s...

Biden’s DOE nominee must answer for past funding failures including millions to a convicted felon, and cite what authority she would have to drive up the price of energy.

WASHINGTON DC (January 26, 2020) – Today, the American Energy Alliance (AEA) issued its top ten questions for tomorrow’s Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee confirmation hearing for former Michigan governor and attorney general, Jennifer Granholm. Granholm has been nominated by President Joe...

A moratorium is just a ban by another name.

WASHINGTON DC (January 22, 2020) – 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 the announcement that the Department of the Interior would place a 60-day moratorium on oil, natural gas and coal development on America’s federal lands . The freeze will apply to permits,...

New commander-in-chief calls for unity then gives American energy workers and families the shaft.

WASHINGTON DC (January 20, 2020) – 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 President Joe Biden’s decision to rescind the permit for the Keystone pipeline, reenter the U.S. into the Paris Agreement, and order his...