On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the final moves of Team Biden, Trump's confirmation hearings, the headlines of the week, and dissect what may very well be the last clip of Joe Biden to ever grace the show.

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• Yellen: COVID stimulus may have contributed “a little bit” to inflation
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• Sticking it to the Mann
• Fink Pulls Out of Climate Group
• Breakthrough “Breaks” it All Down
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WASHINGTON DC (1/15/24) – Former Congressman Lee Zeldin will appear before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works this week to consider his nomination for EPA Administrator. This role will be critical in helping President Trump reshape U.S. energy policy and ending President Biden's EV mandates. We offer these seven suggested questions for Senators to consider asking Congressman Zeldin during his confirmation hearing:

1. A repeated theme in environmental policy has...

WASHINGTON DC (1/4/24) Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright will appear before the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee this week to consider his nomination for Energy Secretary. Mr. Wright will play a critical role in helping President Trump reshape U.S. energy policy, especially in cleaning up the mess being left behind by the Biden administration at the Department of Energy. Here are a few questions Senators may want to consider asking Mr. Wright during his upcoming hearing:

WASHINGTON DC (1/13/25) – North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum will appear before the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee tomorrow to consider his nomination for Secretary of the Department of the Interior. Given the critical role this position will have as part of President Trump’s energy team, and in shaping U.S. energy policy, we have prepared some suggested questions for his nomination hearing.

1. The Biden-Harris administration was much more extreme than even the...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the first big stories of 2025 and outline Trump's first moves as inauguration day creeps closer.

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• Trudeau Steps Down
• Shallenberger’s Thread Against Trudeau
• “The Gulf of America”
• Exxon Sues CA Ag
• Red State “Battery Belt Towns”
• Remember the snail darter…

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The Biden administration has a new ban on certain gas-fueled hot water heaters, impacting roughly 40% of new tankless water heaters and forcing consumers to pay an extra $450 for alternatives. The ban goes into effect on March 11, 2025 , for sales beginning in 2029. The ban severely limits consumers’ choices regarding their water heater purchases, often forcing Americans to ostensibly pay more for inferior products to help fulfill Biden’s climate agenda. Biden’s Department of Energy...

President Joe Biden is reportedly preparing an executive order to permanently ban new oil and natural gas leasing in parts of the outer continental shelf using a 72-year-old law that would exclude areas from any exploration or possible development. In the 1953 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act  (OCSLA), which governs offshore oil and gas development, Congress included a provision giving presidents wide discretion to exclude specific waters from leasing permanently. According to supporters of...

The Biden administration has moved to prevent oil, gas, and geothermal leasing for 20 years on 264,000 acres in Nevada’s Ruby Mountains, responding to requests from Native American tribes and environmentalists. The ban, which would still allow mining, starts a 90-day public comment period, which will stretch into the first months of President Trump’s second term. The application, however,  prevents oil, gas, and geothermal exploration, development, and production on that land for two...

On the last episode of The Unregulated Podcast for 2024, Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the tumultuous CR battle, Biden's fade out of office, and the final headlines of the year.

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• Post Mortom: Immigration
• Van: We’re Doomed
• Post Mortem on Democrats
• Fanni Out
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• Biden Presses EU to Lock in US Methane Rules

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On Sunday, December 22nd, AEA's Vice-President for Policy Kenny Stein joined the Energy Mixx Radio Radio Show. On the show Kenny discusses what the recent election results mean for America's energy future and what to look forward to from the new Trump administration. Energy Mixx is A program about the oil, gas and energy business heard Sundays on 740 KTRH, Houston.

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• Election 2024: Voters Become American Energy Champions
• AEA on President-Elect Trump’s Energy Team
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