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President Biden is Not Serious About Energy Policy

WASHINGTON DC (08/07/2023) – Last week, the Biden administration’s Department of Energy (DOE) released its latest Critical Minerals Assessment, which included uranium as a near-critical supply risk for the United States both in the short term and the medium term.

And yet, this week The Washington Post is reporting that President Biden is planning a trip to Arizona to reportedly designate a vast area near the Grand Canyon as a national monument to safeguard it from uranium...


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The Unregulated Podcast #142: Nuts and Bolts

  • 08/04/23
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  • Podcast

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss former president Trump's legal battles, the regulatory death of the incandescent light bulb, new attacks on America's energy producers and more.

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Biden Lavishes Solar Industry With Billions Of Tax Dollars

  • 08/04/23
  • AEA
  • Blog

First Solar, an Arizona-based solar-panel manufacturer, expects to receive as much as $710 million this year—nearly 90 percent of its expected operating profit—from federal subsidies meant to encourage domestic renewable energy production. Those incentives could be worth more than $10 billion  for the company over the next decade. The incentives were approved by a Democratic Congress and President Biden last year and taxpayers will be paying the bill. Ten billion dollars is 20 times more...


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Biden Seeking To Regulate Your Family Out Of Car-Ownership

  • 08/01/23
  • IER
  • Blog

Last week, the Biden administration issued a proposal by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to increase the average fuel economy of vehicles sold in the United States. Under the proposal, automakers would be required to increase the average mileage of the passenger vehicles they sell by 2 percent  a year for passenger cars, and 4 percent a year for light trucks, between 2027 and 2032. If implemented, the plan means new autos sold in the United States would achieve an...


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The Unregulated Podcast #141: Boiling Point

  • 07/31/23
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Biden Goes After American Energy Producers By Raising Fees 20-Fold

  • 07/28/23
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The Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has proposed increasing royalty rates for oil and natural gas drilling on federal lands from 12.5 percent to 16.67 percent—about a third higher–and raising the minimum bond paid upon purchasing an individual drilling lease from $10,000 to $150,000. To top it off, they propose raising the minimum bond required for a drilling lease on multiple public lands in a state from $25,000 to $500,000—a 20-fold increase . Developers must...


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The Unregulated Podcast #140: Checks and Balances

  • 07/24/23
  • AEA
  • Podcast

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss Special K's trip to China, the continued implosion of the legal system, and give an update on the looming appropriations battle.

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Mandated EVs Acting As Firebombs Across NYC

  • 07/14/23
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So far this year, there have been 108 lithium-ion battery fires in New York City, which have injured 66 people and killed 13, up from 98 fires that had injured 40 and killed two at this time last year. The most recent was a fire at an e-bike shop that killed four people near midnight on the morning of June 21 and left two individuals in critical condition and one firefighter with minor injuries. According to Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh , it was “very clear” that the fire was linked...


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The Unregulated Podcast #139: Kite Strings

  • 07/14/23
  • AEA
  • Podcast

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast, Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna are joined by guest-co-host Travis Fisher, of the Heritage Foundation, for a wide-ranging discussion.

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American Energy Alliance Releases 10 Questions for Special Envoy Kerry

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10 Questions For Special Envoy Kerry

  • 07/13/23
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The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability is set to force Kerry to explain his budget beginning Thursday at 10 a.m. The American Energy Alliance has prepared 10 questions for Special Envoy Kerry.

  1. Can you provide an estimate as to how much carbon dioxide you emit a year traveling the world in your official capacity as Special Envoy on Climate?
  2. In 2009, Special Envoy Kerry said the Arctic could be ice-free by 2014.  It's 2023 and this hasn't come to pass.  Why...

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