Free Market Coalition Urges Trump Administration to Halt Illegal RFS Waivers and Political Favors to Ethanol Lobby
- 09/12/19
- AEA Press Office
- Press Releases
Broken system mandates the purchase of a product most Americans don’t need or want
WASHINGTON DC (September 12, 2019) – Today, a coalition of sixteen organizations, led by the American Energy Alliance, issued a joint letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, Energy Secretary Rick Perry and OMB Director Mick Mulvaney opposing additional favors to the ethanol lobby under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) after reports that the...
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Love the game of golf? Thank oil and natural gas
- 09/11/19
- Alexander Stevens
- Blog
Access to low-cost energy and materials has always been an important part of driving economic dynamism. Given the role that oil and natural gas play supplying our energy, people often underestimate how important oil and gas are to other things they enjoy in life, like the use of plastics. At a time when it is convenient for politicians to deride the industries that provide people access to these essential resources, it’s important to remind people just how important oil and gas are to our...
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Key Votes: H.R. 205, H.R. 1146, H.R. 1941
- 09/10/19
- AEA
- Blog
The American Energy Alliance urges all members to oppose the three anti-energy development measures scheduled for votes this week.
All three of these pieces of legislation seek to prevent development of our domestic energy resources. Domestic energy production creates jobs and economic growth, provides revenue to federal and state governments, and reduces our need for imports. Congress should not be preemptively blocking possible future development.
Both H.R. 205 and H.R. 1941...
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AEA’s Top 10 Questions That Should (But Won’t) Be Asked at CNN’s Climate Town Hall Tonight
- 09/04/19
- AEA Press Office
- Press Releases
WASHINGTON DC (September 4, 2019) – Today, the American Energy Alliance (AEA) delivered to CNN a list of questions it has suggested be asked during tonight’s presidential town hall focused on the issue of climate change.
AEA President Thomas Pyle made the following statement:
“That fact that the Democratic National Committee, the entity responsible for identifying and promoting the issues most important to the party, voted against a climate focused debate is telling. Voters...
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EPA’s Proposed Air Rules Removing Expensive, Regulatory Duplication A ‘Smart Move’
- 08/29/19
- AEA Press Office
- Press Releases
WASHINGTON DC (August 29, 2019) – Today, Thomas Pyle, President of the American Energy Alliance, issued the following statement in support of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed update to air regulations for the domestic oil and gas industry:
“This proposal is a smart move and directly in line with President Trump’s approach to America’s continued energy dominance. The EPA has already shown that on top of incredible economic growth, led by the domestic...
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August Recess Carbon Tax Roundup
- 08/15/19
- Jordan McGillis
- Blog
In what has become a July ritual, members of Congress—from both parties and in both chambers—introduced long-shot carbon tax bills last month. With the swamp’s summer heat as a motif, Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) advanced the Climate Action Rebate Act and in the House of Representatives John Larson (D-Conn.), Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.), and Francis Rooney (R-Fla.) put forth the America Wins Act; the Raise Wages, Cut Carbon Act; and the Stemming Warming and Augmenting Pay Act, respectively....
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AEA to Senate: Highway Bill is Highway Robbery
- 07/30/19
- AEA
- Press Releases
WASHINGTON DC (July 30, 2019) – Today, Thomas Pyle, President of the American Energy Alliance, issued a letter to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman John Barrasso highlighting concerns about the recently introduced America’s Transportation Infrastructure Act . Included in the legislation is an unjustified, $1 billion handout to special interests in the form of charging stations for electric vehicles. AEA maintains that provisions like this are nearly impossible to...
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Senator Barrasso Submits to the Subsidizers
- 07/29/19
- Thomas Pyle
- Blog
This week brought the unfortunate news that Sen. Barrasso, normally a steady hand in energy policy discussions, has reportedly agreed to Democrat demands for new subsidies for expensive green dreams. The senator from Wyoming has apparently given the nod to include subsidies for electric vehicle charging stations in an infrastructure bill expected to be unveiled today. Left unclear is why, exactly, federal taxpayers should be on the hook for subsidizing the build-out of a retail network for...
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Nationwide Free Market Coalition to President Trump: Hold Firm on CAFE Reform
- 07/11/19
- AEA
- CAFE
WASHINGTON — A coalition of 30 organizations, led by the American Energy Alliance, sent a letter to President Trump today expressing its unified support for his administration's effort to reform the federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) mandate.
The coalition comprises leading free market think tanks in Washington, such as the Competitive Enterprise Institute, FreedomWorks, and Americans for Tax Reform, along with more than 10 groups based in state capitals across the country....
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Key Vote: H.R. 3055 Amendments
- 06/19/19
- AEA
- Blog
In voting on amendments to H.R. 3055, the American Energy Alliance urges all members to support amendments #135, #143, #147, and #158, and oppose amendments #54, #128, #132, and #176.
NO on amendments #54, #128, #132, and #176: All these amendments seek to obstruct or prevent development of our domestic energy resources located in offshore federal waters. Domestic energy production creates jobs and economic growth, provides revenue to federal and state governments, and reduces our need...
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