The Continued Slowdown in EV Sales

In August, we noted that the growth in EVs had greatly slowed. But that only looked at sales data through July.  But now we have full-year sales data for 2024, and the slowdown doesn’t look better. In August, we noted that battery electric plus plug-in hybrid vehicle sales had dramatically increased in recent years. In […]

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Biden Bans Popular Water Heaters Over Christmas

The Biden administration has a new ban on certain gas-fueled hot water heaters, impacting roughly 40% of new tankless water heaters and forcing consumers to pay an extra $450 for alternatives. The ban goes into effect on March 11, 2025, for sales beginning in 2029. The ban severely limits consumers’ choices regarding their water heater purchases, often forcing […]

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Biden Expands Drilling Ban To Federal Waters

President Joe Biden is reportedly preparing an executive order to permanently ban new oil and natural gas leasing in parts of the outer continental shelf using a 72-year-old law that would exclude areas from any exploration or possible development. In the 1953 Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), which governs offshore oil and gas development, Congress included a provision […]

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Biden Plots 20-Year Ban On Energy Production for Nevada

The Biden administration has moved to prevent oil, gas, and geothermal leasing for 20 years on 264,000 acres in Nevada’s Ruby Mountains, responding to requests from Native American tribes and environmentalists. The ban, which would still allow mining, starts a 90-day public comment period, which will stretch into the first months of President Trump’s second term. The […]

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AEA’s Kenny Stein On Energy MIXX

On Sunday, December 22nd, AEA’s Vice-President for Policy Kenny Stein joined the Energy Mixx Radio Radio Show. On the show Kenny discusses what the recent election results mean for America’s energy future and what to look forward to from the new Trump administration. Energy Mixx is A program about the oil, gas and energy business […]

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AEA Statement on DOE’s LNG Exports Report

WASHINGTON DC (12/17/24)– American Energy Alliance President Thomas Pyle released the following statement today following the release of the Department of Energy’s report on liquified natural gas (LNG) exports:  “This latest analysis of LNG exports fundamentally misrepresents the economic and environmental benefits of America’s global leadership in energy production. The study epitomizes four years of […]

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