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AEA Launches Initiative Targeting NC's RPS
  • 08/27/15
  • AEA
  • Press Releases
WASHINGTON –  Today, the American Energy Alliance announced a new paid media and grassroots initiative in North Carolina as the state legislature considers whether to move on pending legislation that would freeze the state’s Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (REPS) at 6 percent. The sustained effort will begin with the launch of 60 second radio ads urging Senators Fletcher Hartsell (District 36), Brent Jackson (District 10), Jerry Tillman (District 29), and Andy Wells (District 42)...
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Obama's Carbon Rule Still a Bad Deal for Americans
  • 08/03/15
  • AEA
  • Blog
WASHINGTON -- American Energy Alliance President Thomas Pyle issued the following statement following the Obama administration's announcement of their final carbon rule:
"The final version of President Obama's 'Clean Power Plan' is somehow more harmful than the proposed rule. It forces states to make even steeper cuts, it guts natural gas in favor of costly renewables, and it still has no effect on climate change. While the EPA touts these adjustments to the rule as a sign of...

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Mounting Opposition to EPA's Carbon Rule
  • 07/30/15
  • AEA
  • Emissions Standards
AEA Launches Initiative Detailing How States and the Public are Fighting Back WASHINGTON – Today, the American Energy Alliance is launching SmartPowerPlan.org—a hub for the latest information on how states and the public are fighting back against the EPA’s so-called Clean Power Plan. This one-stop shop provides the latest news, legal analysis, public comments, and state action against the EPA’s carbon rule. The site also includes a legislative tracker and an  interactive...
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ICYMI: Mississippi Gov. Rejects EPA Rule
WASHINGTON--Yesterday, Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant joined a growing list of Governors who are exercising their right to reject the EPA’s carbon regulations, which would cripple America's existing fleet of coal-fired power plants. In a letter to EPA Administrator McCarthy, Governor Bryant cited cost increases for his citizens and threats to grid reliability among his chief concerns with the sweeping regulation. The governor stated, "we do not see how it will be possible to reasonably...

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AEA Releases Congressional Energy Scores
  • 07/21/15
  • AEA
  • Press Releases
New Platform Ranks Members on Support for Free Market Policies  WASHINGTON – Today, the American Energy Alliance launched a new interactive website for the American Energy Scorecard —the first and only free-market energy legislative scorecard. This new interactive platform educates lawmakers about the most important energy votes in each Congressional session and empowers the American people to hold their elected officials accountable for their actions. The website catalogues...
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ICYMI: Gov. Pence Encourages States to Reject EPA's Climate Rule
  • 07/10/15
  • AEA
  • Press Releases
WASHINGTON -- Yesterday, the American Energy Alliance held a press conference call with Indiana Governor Mike Pence regarding the EPA's Climate Rule regulating carbon dioxide from power plants. On the call, Gov. Pence explained how states are well within their rights to not submit a plan to the EPA. Below is some of the media coverage of yesterday's call:
unnamed "Pence encourages states to fight greenhouse gas rules" By Maureen Groppe 7/9/15 Fighting the federal government over proposed...

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AEA Issues Statement on MATS Ruling
  • 06/29/15
  • AEA
  • Press Releases
SCOTUS Slaps EPA for Ignoring the Costs of its Reckless Agenda WASHINGTON -- American Energy Alliance President Thomas Pyle issued the following statement on the Supreme Court's Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS) ruling:
"Today’s Supreme Court decision is an important step toward reining in the Environmental Protection Agency. For too long EPA has ignored the costs of its regulations, which have become so large that they not only harm the economy, but also the health and welfare of...

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AEA Applauds Gov. Pence for Rejecting EPA Rule
  • 06/24/15
  • AEA
  • Press Releases
WASHINGTON -- American Energy Alliance President Thomas Pyle issued the following statement after Indiana Governor Mike Pence rejected EPA's climate rule:
"We applaud Governor Pence for standing up for Indiana families by rejecting the Environmental Protection Agency’s costly climate rule. This rule is an attempt by President Obama to impose a national cap-and-trade system that he failed to pass democratically when he controlled Congress in 2010. We hope other states join...
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AEA to Congress: Fully Repeal the RFS
  • 06/02/15
  • AEA
  • Press Releases
WASHINGTON – Today, the American Energy Alliance launched the first phase of a six-figure advocacy initiative urging Congress to repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard. The initiative begins this week with print and online ads in CQ Roll Call and a series of online ads in Louisiana, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Texas. The ads are the first step in a sustained initiative urging lawmakers to pursue full repeal of the RFS.
"We’re sending a clear message to Congress that the only way to...

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EPA Mandates New Volume Requirements for Unicorns and Pixie Dust
  • 05/29/15
  • AEA
  • Press Releases
Actually, it was for Cellulosic Ethanol, but those Projections are Equally Unrealistic WASHINGTON -- American Energy Alliance President Thomas Pyle issued the following statement on EPA's proposed volume requirements for the 2014, 2015, and 2016 Renewable Fuel Standard: "Once again, EPA has deluded itself into thinking it can simply mandate the commercial cellulosic biofuel industry out of thin air. EPA's unrealistic projections for cellulosic biofuel underscore the incompetence of...
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