Biden Blocks Much-Needed Permits

After recently denying a permit to an enormous U.S. refinery in St. Croix, U.S Virgin Islands, which could supply petroleum products to the Northeast, President Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is denying a renewal permit to a coal-fired plant in Ohio that generates 11 percent of the state’s electricity. EPA denied the James M. Gavin plant—a 2,600-megawatt supercritical coal plant– in […]

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Democrats Are ‘Working Like the Devil’ to Raise Gas Prices

As talks intensify on the once ambitious “Build Back Better” reconciliation measure, the conversation has shifted towards how to pay for a slimmer, but no less disruptive package of subsidies for wind, solar, electric vehicles, and other non-energy related measures. The Democrats would be satisfied to raise corporate taxes.  Some in the business community, however, […]

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Supreme Court Denies Broad EPA Authority To Regulate Greenhouse Gases

Chief Justice Roberts Writes for a Six-Justice Majority in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency WASHINGTON DC (06/30/2022) – Today, the Supreme Court decided West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency. Chief Justice Roberts wrote the Court’s opinion concluding that the EPA lacks broad authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants under the Clean […]

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Biden Rolls Back Another Trump Era Reform

President Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposes to restore authority to states and tribes under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act to veto gas pipelines, coal terminals and other energy projects, reversing a Trump administration rule that had curtailed that power. Prior to 2020, the Clean Water Act gave states and tribes the ability to review […]

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The Unregulated Podcast #29 Tom and Mike Discuss the Early Days of the Biden Administration with Mandy Gunasekara

Tom and Mike discuss the early days of the Biden administration with guest Mandy Gunasekara, the 13 states challenging Biden’s oil leasing ban, and Dana Carvey’s Biden and Fauci impressions. Links: “He’s Kind Of A Tough Guy” – Dana Carvey On His Dr. Fauci Impression  13 states challenge Biden oil leasing plan Global Energy Inequality […]

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Top 10 Questions for Mallory & McCabe

Promoting former Obama officials with a history of failed policies will not unite America. WASHINGTON DC (March 3, 2021) – Today, the American Energy Alliance (AEA) issued ten suggested questions for today’s Senate Environment & Public Works Committee confirmation hearing for Brenda Mallory to serve as Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality […]

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Top 10 Questions for EPA Nominee Michael Regan

How will Biden’s EPA administrator find consensus amidWhite House climate czars and Big Green, Inc.? WASHINGTON DC (February 2, 2020) – Today, the American Energy Alliance (AEA) issued ten questions for tomorrow’s Senate Environment and Public Works Committee confirmation hearing of Michael S. Regan. AEA President Thomas Pyle issued the following statement ahead of the […]

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Putting an End to Secret Science Pivotal to Restoring Trust in Government

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 […]

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