One of the ways Democrats intend to pay for their reconciliation infrastructure bill is through the Methane Emissions Reduction Act of 2021, a proposed tax on methane emissions from natural gas and petroleum production. The tax would start at $1,800 per ton of emissions in 2023 with the potential direct cost of the tax to the economy being as high as $14.4 billion, increasing 5 percent above inflation annually.

This tax would most likely reduce oil and gas production in the U.S. at a...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss OPEC+, JP Morgan's energy paper, Europe's energy crunch, China, and much, much more.

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• Vladimir Putin doesn't let a crisis go to waste, and enjoys every chance to troll the European Commission
• Column: Asia's energy crunch boosts coal and LNG, but threatens their future
• China unloads Australian coal despite import ban amid power shortage

The American Energy Alliance urges all members to vote NO on H.R. 3684, the infrastructure bill as amended by the Senate.

This legislation is poor policy and a bad use of taxpayer resources. The subsidies for electric vehicles and charging are not the responsibility of the federal government. The tens of billions of dollars for unneeded and impractical passenger rail will only fuel more wasteful white elephants to accompany California's ongoing high-speed rail fiasco. The tens of...

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss Europe's looming energy crisis.

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• Oil prices rise above $80 a barrel for first time in three years
• China to spend over $120 billion on services, drill 118,000 wells through 2025
• Jen Psaki: It’s “unfair and absurd” that companies would increase costs for consumers in response to us taxing them more.
• Economic Consequences of President Biden’s Fiscal Policy
• John Kerry on the Biden administration's lack...

The American Energy Alliance urges all Senators to oppose the nomination of Tracy Stone-Manning for director of the Bureau of Land Management.

Stone-Manning has a demonstrated history of environmental radicalism that is disqualifying for the role of BLM director. Her involvement in violent, criminal activism alone should be disqualifying. But beyond that incident Stone-Manning has established a clear track record of hostility towards the statutory multiple use of federal lands as...

On the latest episode of The Plugged-In Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna give an insider update on the Congressional proceedings surrounding Democrats' reconciliation bill.

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• Why is the Biden administration cutting" antibody treatments in Florida?
• President Biden on going after oil producers.
• No firm commitment from India on net zero, says John Kerry
• At 9/11 memorial event, Biden rants incoherently about boxing Trump, Florida, and Robert E. Lee
• The Biden Admin’s @BrianDeeseNEC on...

Democrats in Congress use partisan reconciliation process to pay back their cronies with billions in federal handouts

WASHINGTON DC (September 22, 2021) – The American Energy Alliance (AEA), the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization, voiced public opposition to the numerous, disastrous energy policies being discussed before Congress – particularly within the U.S. House of Representatives – in upcoming budget reconciliation and...

President Biden’s climate policies and the House Democrats’ reconciliation bill will decimate U.S. energy industries along with millions of associated jobs while saddling consumers with skyrocketing prices and electricity blackouts. One only has to look at California and Europe to see that the goals of Biden’s climate policies and the reconciliation bill will eventually end up with the energy disaster Europe and California are experiencing. And, it will cost businesses and taxpayers...

This past week House Democrats passed their budget reconciliation bills in the various Committees.  So far these bills are 100 percent partisan as no Republicans in any Committee has voted for them. Next, the House Budget Committee will take the various provisions and combine them into a reconciliation bill to send to the Senate. This is moving quickly because House Democrats, along with the Administration, does not want any real oversight of the trillions of dollars they want to spend. ...

A significant part of the reconciliation bill is the “Clean Electricity Performance Plan” that is intended to increase the amount of “clean power” produced. The provision was in part drafted by outside interests  including a professor from University of California, Santa Barbara. The House is considering a target of 80 percent “clean power” by 2030, which would be a significant increase from the current 40 percent “clean energy” output from renewable and nuclear energy, but...