Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) released stricter fuel economy standards  for automobiles, known as the Corporate Average Fuel Economy CAFE) Standards. The new CAFE standards require that the average new vehicle in the United States get 49 miles per gallon of gasoline by 2026. The new standards will require an increase in fuel efficiency of 8 percent annually for model years 2024 to 2025 and 10 percent annually for model year 2026. They will increase the estimated...

President Joe Biden plans to extend the availability of higher biofuels-blended gasoline  during the summer to lower gasoline costs and to reduce reliance on foreign energy sources. The measure will allow Americans to buy E15, a gasoline blend that contains 15 percent ethanol from June 1 to September 15. E15 is cheaper on average than gasoline but it is less energy efficient, requiring drivers to buy more fuel. The shift could result in a modest effect on gasoline prices at the pump given...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast, Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna make predictions for his year's baseball season, talk price increases, and check in on things at the White House.

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• NBC: “A failing grade” for Biden’s economy
• Wondering what Joe Biden was saying about China while his family was making millions?
• In 2020, 27% of U.S. households had difficulty meeting their energy needs
• CNBC: Under Biden, year-over-year consumer prices spiked at the highest pace in 41 years
• ...

WASHINGTON D.C. (April 12, 2022)  Today, President Biden announced an emergency waiver that will allow E15 gasoline to be sold on a temporary basis from June 1 to September 15.  The White House estimates that the E15 blend will save consumers 10 cents per gallon compared to the E10 blend, however, this does not account for the lower energy content of the fuel.  Additionally, E15 is only sold at about 2,300 gas stations nationwide, which is less than 2 percent of the total gas stations in...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the murky path forward for those advocating for the 25th Amendment and go through some highlights from Capitol Hill over the last week.

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• Kamala Harris on Puttin's replacement
• Biden on "Big 10"
• Biden on getting practice
• EIA director reveals how out of touch he is
• "Did you vote to end fracking?" Joe Kernen asks Rep Schakowsky
• California Congressman Ro Khanna tells Neil he wants to hold oil executives...

President Joe Biden is expected to call on Congress  to pass legislation enacting “use it or lose it” fines on wells that oil companies have leased from the federal government but have not used in years and “on acres of public lands that they are hoarding without producing…Companies that are producing from their leased acres and existing wells will not face higher fees.” The extra fees on federal leased land are on top of rents that the oil companies pay to hold the leases,...

Last week, President Biden invoked the Defense Production Act to increase domestic production of minerals used in making electric vehicles, such as nickel, lithium and cobalt. The president said that the country depended on unreliable foreign sources for many materials necessary for transitioning to the use of renewable energy and reports have stressed this for years. The irony of the situation is that in January, the Biden administration  revoked the federal leases for the Twin Metals mine...

The Time is Now for the Administration to Act to Ease the Pain at the Pump

WASHINGTON D.C. (April 5, 2022) This week, American Energy Alliance (AEA), the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization, launched an advocacy initiative calling on President Biden and his administration to stop sending mixed signals when it comes to energy production in America.

American drivers have been paying record-high prices at the pump, but President Biden ...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast, Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the latest rambling proclamations and missteps made by the Biden administration on everything from the war in Ukraine to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

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• Jennifer Rubin's JFK take
• Reporter: "You understand why people would believe you, as someone commanding one of the largest nuclear arsenals in the world, saying someone cannot remain in power is a statement of US policy?" Biden: "No."
• JOE BIDEN: "I...

American Energy Alliance's statement on President Joe Biden's proposal to release more oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

WASHINGTON DC (March 31, 2021) Today the Biden administration announced it would release 1 million barrels a day for the next six months from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve. 

Thomas Pyle, president of the American Energy Alliance, issued the following statement.