On this episode of Unregulated Tom & Mike discuss the action packed first week of 2021. From the storming of the Capitol Hill, to the results of the Georgia senate election and the re-election of the RNC chief find out what it all means for 2021.

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• For first time in 5 years, US gas mileage down, emissions up (USA Today)

• Mike's latest columns

Democrats poised to take functional control of Washington,
but still no mandate for fundamental transformation or Green New Deal.

WASHINGTON DC (January 6, 2020) – The American Energy Alliance (AEA) is the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization. Thomas Pyle, AEA’s president, released the following statement in response to the U.S. Senate elections in Georgia:

EPA can finally put an end to history of cherry-picking research to support a predetermined, political outcome

WASHINGTON DC (January 5, 2021) – The American Energy Alliance (AEA), the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization, threw its support behind the announcement from EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler limiting “secret science” in the agency’s public policy making process made common by the Obama administration. 

The new...

On this episode of Unregulated Tom & Mike discuss the COVID-19 stimulus/omnibus spending bills and the impacts it will likely have on America's energy producers and welcome the very first guest to the show, Jason Hayes of Michigan's Mackinac Center, to discuss Biden's plan to appoint former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm to lead the U.S. Department of Energy.

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• Washington Times to The Republic: Rediscovering the Constitution

• Mike's latest columns

• Read Jason's...

On this episode of Unregulated Tom & Mike discuss the COVID-19 stimulus/omnibus spending bills and the rise of a new cross political coalition of lawmakers looking to change up how the federal bureaucracy functions.

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• Washington Times to The Republic: Rediscovering the Constitution

• Mike's latest columns

• Soviet Politics, American Style

• Inside Biden's Meeting With Civil Rights Leaders

• Tweet from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

• The COVID-19...

Inclusion of corporate welfare and unnecessary tax extensions a major mistake.

WASHINGTON DC (December 21, 2020) – The American Energy Alliance (AEA), the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization, released the following response to news that Congress has agreed to include special green giveaways for the powerful renewable energy lobby – which has already drained billions of dollars from taxpayers – as a part of its latest omnibus...

On this episode of Unregulated Tom & Mike discuss the latest round of Biden's cabinet picks, the ongoing controversy with North Face, and much, much more.

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• AEA's latest press releases

• Mike's latest columns

• Wrong-Way Biden, from National Review

• The Stealth Green New Deal

• China Needs Its Coal Fleet to Power Its Rising Electric Vehicle Fleet

• The Data for Progress Cabinet Tracker

• 'We gotta keep Flavortown open for biz': Guy Fieri backs...

Stealth Green New Deal language being slipped into take-it-or-leave-it spending package.

WASHINGTON DC (December 14, 2020) – The American Energy Alliance (AEA), the country’s premier pro-consumer, pro-taxpayer, and free-market energy organization, sounded the alarm today on a proposed Sense of Congress resolution that if adopted, could cause a major disruption of America’s energy system.

AEA has obtained a page from a discussion draft dated December 13 at 5:28 PM that...

As negotiations continue on a year-end government funding bill as well as a new round of coronavirus relief spending, bad energy policy is looking to hitch a ride. The zombie Manchin-Murkowski energy bill, which we call the American Energy Bureaucracy Act, has staggered back into the picture. In the fall, the bill got even worse after an agreement was reached to enrich big corporations at the expense of small businesses and individual consumers. A marriage of corporate bootleggers and green...

On this episode of Unregulated Tom & Mike discuss the growing list of Biden cabinet picks and the rampant corruption of the California Public Utilities Commission.

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• Sonrkin and Santelli debate restaurant restrictions

• Mike's latest columns

• Percent Share of US EV Sales By State

• California was the largest net electricity importer of any state in 2019