Press Releases

WASHINGTON D.C. -- The Obama campaign, the Democratic National Committee and a pro-Obama Super PAC are frantically deploying television propaganda to distract the American public from the president's energy record. In an ongoing multi-million dollar educational advertisement  sponsored by the...
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WASHINGTON D.C. -- The American Energy Alliance launched today a multi-million dollar nationwide initiative to educate the public about energy policies that are causing gas prices and other energy costs to skyrocket. The first phase of the initiative includes a 30-second television ad that begins airing this week in eight states across the country. "The failed policies of the Obama administration are laid bare by the rising cost of energy in America, despite the fact that we have 200 years...
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For Immediate Release March 13, 2012 WASHINGTON D.C. -- The United States Senate defeated on a bipartisan 49-49 vote an amendment to the transportation bill on Tuesday that would have reinstated the production tax credit (PTC), a scheme to provide billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded handouts to providers of unreliable and intermittent wind energy. Similarly, the Senate defeated the Menendez-Burr Amendment to create subsidies for natural gas vehicles. The American Energy Alliance was...
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For Immediate Release March 8, 2012 WASHINGTON D.C. -- The American Energy Alliance sent two coalition letters to all United States Senators today opposing amendments to the Senate transportation bill that would create new taxpayer-funded subsidies for natural gas vehicles, extend the production tax credit (PTC) to underwrite wind energy, and revive the 1603 Treasury grant program that gives taxpayer money for the installation of solar panels and other renewable technologies. "The scheme...
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"Instead of unleashing lawyers at the Justice Department, the president should unleash the Interior Department to open the outer continental shelf." -- AEA President Thomas J. Pyle

WASHINGTON D.C. -- Thomas J. Pyle, president of the American Energy Alliance, issued today the following statement in response to President Obama's Mar. 6 press conference: "President Obama continues to offer inadequate solutions and deceptive talking points instead of policies that will promote affordable energy...
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For Immediate Release February 23, 2012 "If the president is serious about our energy future, he would put a restraining order on the Department of the Interior to stop the administration's job-killing embargo on American energy." -- AEA President Thomas Pyle WASHINGTON D.C. -- President Barack Obama delivered today a widely-anticipated speech outlining his administration's energy policies, which include provisions that raise taxes on energy producers, increase dependence on foreign...
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For Immediate Release February 21, 2012 WASHINGTON D.C. --  The American Energy Alliance released Tuesday a video  telling the story of Craig, Colo., a small town of approximately 10,000 people and home to the Centennial State's largest coal-fired power generating plant.  But due to Colorado's energy mandate that requires 30 percent of the state's electricity generation come from wind, solar, and other renewable sources by the year 2020, and an increasingly hostile regulatory regime at...
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WASHINGTON D.C. -- Now in the twelfth and final day of the 2011 Lump of Coal Award announcements, the American Energy Alliance has concluded this year's tribute to the politicians, policymakers, and others who have proven the worst enemies of affordable American energy. Today's recipient is the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama. In a late decision on Thursday evening, the "Lump of Coal" Awards Committee determined that the president's unique hostilities to conventional...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON D.C. -- The American Energy Alliance continued its inaugural tradition of awarding a "Lump of Coal" to the biggest enemies of affordable domestic energy production by announcing today's recipient: former House Speaker and current Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco). "Rather than enumerate all the reasons why AEA believes Nancy Pelosi is right near the top of the list of affordable energy's enemies, we've decided to let today's recipient speak...
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WASHINGTON D.C. -- The American Energy Alliance knows that Senator Harry Reid already left town for his Christmas vacation, with no intention of returning to Washington until next year.  Nevertheless, the American Energy Alliance has selected Senator Reid as today's recipient of the 2011 "Lump of Coal" Award for his unyielding opposition to affordable energy for American consumers. "Senator Harry Reid left town last weekend with the bipartisan-passed Keystone XL pipeline provision hanging...
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