Biden Abandons American Miners & Embraces Dependence On Chinese Minerals

President Biden’s Department of the Interior revoked existing federal leases for Twin Metals Minnesota to mine copper, nickel, cobalt, and platinum-group elements in the Superior National Forest. These metals are needed for President Biden’s program for electric vehicles and renewable energy technologies. Electric vehicles, for instance, use twice as much copper as vehicles with internal […]

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Coal Is Still King

For all the talk about the demise of coal, it’s important to note that coal generated 35% of the world’s electricity in 2020, more than any other fuel. Even in the U.S., coal was expected to generate 23% of the nation’s electricity in 2021—up from 19% in 2020. In addition to electricity generation, coal is […]

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The Unregulated Podcast #58: Comrade Komarovsky Secretary Giggles

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss Biden’s attempt to nominate an outright Marxist to regulate America’s banking sector and the administration’s tone-deaf response to rising gas prices. Links: Biden Is Looking at Possible SPR Release: Granholm Biden on McAuliffe’s defeat WATCH: ABC’s George Stephanopoulos outlines a “brutal new […]

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Biden Renews Obama’s War On Coal

The draft agreement from COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland calls on parties to accelerate phasing out “unabated” coal consumption and John Kerry, COP26 participant and U.S. climate envoy, claims the United States won’t have coal by 2030. In an interview, Kerry stated, “We will not have coal plants.”  Yet, coal generation in the United States is expected to increase […]

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The Unregulated Podcast #57: Political Malpractice

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss what happened with Biden’s “infrastructure” bill and the fallout from COP26. Links: While COP26 enters into its 2nd week, China announced overnight that daily coal production has reached a **multi-year high** of 11.93 million tonnes per day in JUST 90 DAYS, between […]

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The Unregulated Podcast #52: Clueless or Lying?

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. Links: 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 […]

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War On Coal Comes Back To Haunt Biden’s “Green” Agenda

As the “war against coal” continues with Biden’s Paris climate commitment to decrease greenhouse gas emissions by 50 to 52 percent by 2030, skilled miners for his clean energy plan have become scarce. Biden’s clean energy program needs critical minerals, which are essential for technologies such as batteries and wind turbines. Mining and geological engineering employment is estimated […]

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