WASHINGTON DC (07/13/2023) – 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...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss Vice-President Harris "finding" her voice, New York City's war on independent restaurants and carry-outs, Ford's latest deal with the federal government, and the latest on war against American car ownership.

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• NYC's "Pizzagate"
• Fines for Soy Sauce
• Ford becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of the U.S. Government: $9.2 Billion Loan
• Ford Cuts Jobs in U.S. and Canada to Trim Costs
• Jaguar Battery Recall
• Lordstown...

Recently, the issue of a carbon tariff has been getting a lot of attention. This is true both in Congress and abroad as the European Union just instituted its own carbon border tax earlier this year. In the U.S., there has been talk of instituting a similar policy for a while now, with advocates in both the Republican and Democratic party. Call it a “carbon tax,” a “carbon border tax,” “carbon pricing” or a “carbon tariff,” but for consumers, it simply means making...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the "historic" characters running around the Biden White House, the deteriorating situation with China, and the looming threats to America's electric grid.

• Tucker Carlson Episode Five
• Hunter Biden WSJ
• Trump Trial Set
• U.S. China Relations, CNN
• Blinken Blinked…
• “We do not support Taiwan Independence"
• Military Buildup
• Three Wrongfully Detained Americans in China
• David Blackmon
• Renewable people are upset that the...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the latest Biden bumbles, the aftermath of the Canadian wildfire smog, and more headlines from a busy week.

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• GOP and Big Business Break Up, Wall Street Journal, Brody Mullins
• WSJ: George Soros Hands Control of Empire to 37 Year Old Son
• Turns out Secretary Jenny wasn’t exactly truthful.
• UK Believes in Coal Again
• Chinese Battery Company in Michigan
• Toyota Pushback
• Modelo overtakes Bud Light

The American Energy Alliance supports H.R. 1640 the Save Our Gas Stoves Act and H.R. 277 Regulations from the Executive In Need of Scrutiny Act. 

H.R. 1640 would prevent the Department of Energy from proceeding with its overreaching and illegal rulemaking which would ban at least 40% of all gas stoves and as many as 100% of gas stoves with certain features preferred by consumers. While claiming this rulemaking is about energy efficiency, in reality it is just one part of the...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the widening 2024 presidential field, high jinks in the House, and more headlines from the week.

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• (GOP) Rebel Rebels. Republicans make waves on the floor. Tube rule on gas stove ban
• (Energy) Oil prices steady as economic fears offset Saudi production cuts
• (Climate) Insurer’s climate alliance loses nearly half its members
• (EVs) Trucks drive sales as EVs slip
• (EVs) Volvo says emissions from making EVs 70...

Beginning decades ago, Europe went wholeheartedly into “net zero carbon by 2050” by implementing carbon reduction policies that eventually raised prices dramatically, putting more residents into energy poverty and causing industry to flee to areas where they could remain competitive. The United States under President Biden’s leadership is following in those footsteps at a rapid pace through legislative initiatives (e.g. the Inflation Reduction Act) and regulatory action such as...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss Biden's latest tumults, the AI-enabled end times, new survey data from AEA and the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, and more.

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• New Survey, Same Results: Voters Prefer Affordable Energy over Climate Agenda
• A tale of two FOIA requests
• Case Closed: Pence Classified Documents. No Charges
• Special K is at it again
• ESG and Climate Shareholder Pushback

The American Energy Alliance and the Committee to Unleash Prosperity recently completed a nationwide survey of 1000 likely voters (3.1% margin of error) executed in the first two weeks of May.  A full slide deck of the results can be found here.  

As Mike McKenna of MWR Strategies notes, there are a few salient points worth noting.

First, and probably most pointedly, Republicans continue to be on solid ground with respect to who should make decisions about (and who should pay for)...