New AEA TV adhits South Carolina airwaves this week Washington, DC - As part of the American Energy Alliance's (AEA) ongoing advocacy campaign in South Carolina, the free market energy group today launched a statewide television campaign questioning US Senator Lindsey Graham's (R-SC) support for a national energy tax. Senator Graham has expressed public support for cap-and-trade legislation. In the run up to the ads hitting the airwaves, Thomas J. Pyle, president of AEA, issued the...
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Washington, DC – With South Carolina’s senior senator throwing his support behind job-killing cap-and-trade legislation, the American Energy Alliance (AEA) today announced the first phase of a comprehensive educational campaign aimed at arming South Carolinians with the facts about such far-reaching policies and their potential impact on the state’s struggling economy. The campaign will kick off tomorrow, Thursday, October 22. “In a state where the unemployment rate is hovering near...
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An “Improvement” to Cash-and-Kerry... Washington, DC – In response to media reports regarding Senator Kerry’s global warming legislation and Senator Lindsay Graham’s suggestion that the revival of the “Gang of 10” plan could serve as a way forward, Thomas J. Pyle, president of the American Energy Alliance (AEA), issued the following statement: “The so-called ‘Gang of 10’ plan was a bad idea last year and a terrible one this year. Advocating this plan as a possible...
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WASHINGTON, DC— Earlier today, U.S. Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and John Kerry (D-Mass.) released a draft of their energy tax bill, legislation that will not only create an annual $14 billion transfer of wealth from the nation’s poorest to the nation’s wealthiest, but will also destroy American jobs and levy the largest tax in U.S. history on American families and consumers. AEA president Thomas J. Pyle released the following statement on the bill: “Cap-and-trade is, at its...
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Internal White House documents shows true costs of cap-and-trade, Job-killing legislation tantamount to 15 percent tax hike across the board on every American family Washington, DC – Thomas J. Pyle, president of the American Energy Alliance (AEA), issued the following statement in light of a recently revealed internal White House document that shows cap-and-trade will cost families $1,761 annually: “Over the better part of this year, the American Energy Alliance has shed light on the...
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Places Significant Radio Buy in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Arkansas to Expose Costs of Cap-and-Trade Titusville, PA - With President Obama and his allies in Congress resolute in their determination to levy a national energy tax this fall, the American Energy Alliance (AEA) announced today an expanded effort to educate the American public on the true costs of cap-and-trade by launching a multi-state advertisement engagement campaign entitled “Still Hurting.” Audio files of the...
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Listen to the ad here . ANNOUNCER: After Washington wasted billions bailing out Wall Street and the auto industry, our economy is still hurting. Unemployment is over 10 percent. But our leaders in Congress just don’t get it. These politicians in Washington are pushing a new energy tax that would be the largest in history, costing the average Indiana family over $115 a month. Some estimates have this tax killing 2.4 million American jobs—nearly 60,000 in Indiana alone. The Indiana...
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Listen to the ad here . ANNOUNCER: After Washington wasted billions bailing out Wall Street and the auto industry, our economy is still hurting. Unemployment is approaching 10 percent. But Congress and Senator Arlen Specter just doesn’t get it. Now these politicians in Washington are pushing a new energy tax that would be the largest in history, costing Pennsylvania families $125 a month. Some estimates have this tax killing 2.4 million American jobs—nearly 100,000 in Pennsylvania...
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Listen to the ad here . ANNOUNCER: After Washington wasted billions bailing out Wall Street and the auto industry, our economy is still hurting. Unemployment is over 10 percent. But our leaders in Congress just don’t get it. These politicians in Washington are pushing a new energy tax that would be the largest in history, costing the average Ohio family $118 a month. Some estimates have this tax killing over 2.4 million American jobs—nearly 110,000 in Ohio alone. The Ohio...
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Listen to the ad here . ANNOUNCER: After Washington wasted billions bailing out Wall Street and the auto industry, our economy is still hurting. Unemployment is approaching 10 percent. But our leaders in Congress just don’t get it. These politicians in Washington are pushing a new energy tax that would be the largest in history, costing the average family over $100 a month. Some estimates have this tax killing 2.4 million American jobs—over 23,000 in Arkansas alone. The Arkansas...
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