The Unregulated Podcast #184: Are You For Real? 

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna ponder why Team Biden can’t get their talking points together, the ramifications of the Trump trial, and what it all means for the 2024 presidential contest. American Energy Alliance · #184: Are You For Real? (5/31/24) Stay Connected With The Show

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Biden Decrees New Rule To Make Electricity More Expensive and Less Reliable

Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized its power plant rule and, in most cases, has made it more restrictive than what it proposed last year, incorporating comments from environmentalists rather than addressing concerns about the impacts on consumers and the utilities who serve them. EPA’s power plant rule targets electricity from coal and natural gas, which together […]

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Biden Makes It Easier For Chinese Companies To Cash In On EV Subsidies

The Biden administration will allow consumers to get up to $7,500 on tax credits for electric vehicles containing Chinese graphite through 2026–a two-year extension, making it easier for car manufacturers to make and sell vehicles eligible for the tax credit. The Treasury Department published final rules governing the tax credits, which are designed to encourage EV production and push […]

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Biden Threatens To Forgo Constitution Over Climate Concerns

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Democratic politicians have urged President Biden to declare climate change, which Biden calls an existential threat, a national emergency. According to Bloomberg’s sources, that means that Biden could impose a draconian crackdown on fossil fuels, including suspending offshore drilling, restricting exports of oil and LNG, and ‘throttling’ the industry’s ability to transport its […]

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Team Biden Wants You In A Chinese EV

A made-in-China electric vehicle will arrive at U.S. dealers this summer offering power and efficiency similar to the Tesla Model Y, with sticker price of about $8,000 less. The $35,000 window sticker of Volvo’s compact SUV (the EX30)–a five-seater electric SUV that will have a 275-mile driving range and a five-second 0-60 mile-per-hour time–will provide a more affordable electric […]

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Biden’s EV Mandate A Gift To Communist China

Biden’s policies of forcing electric vehicles on the American public and domestic auto manufacturers through regulations and standards is playing into China’s hands. China, with few oil and gas resources of its own, has found electric vehicles to be a way to dominate the world’s auto market. China achieved number one ranking in EV sales […]

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The Unregulated Podcast #178: Brian Visits!

On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna check in on presidential polling, explain “how it all ends” for climate targets, and weigh in on the legality of Team Biden’s “Climate Emergency” potential proclamation. Links: American Energy Alliance · #178: Fossil Fools (4/19/24) Stay Connected With The Show

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Biden Takes Another Swipe At Offshore Energy

On April 15, Biden’s Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) finalized a new rule requiring federal offshore oil and natural gas leaseholders to provide an estimated $6.9 billion in additional financial assurances to cover offshore decommissioning costs. The goal of the financial assurances is to limit the number of abandoned wells in the Gulf of Mexico’s Outer […]

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Biden Blocks American Mines Needed For Mandated “Energy Transition”

The Biden administration is expected to block an agency of the State of Alaska’s application to build a 211-mile road through northwestern Alaska to reach an area long known for its mineral richness. The road-building project is proposed by the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority (AIDEA) and is needed to access major copper and zinc deposits needed for […]

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Rising Electricity Prices Creating Electoral Headache For Biden

President Biden’s administration worries about gas prices reaching or exceeding $4 a gallon—a price where the electorate looks for an alternative to the incumbency in a Presidential election. Last time, gas prices were that high was before the 2022 mid-term elections when President Biden released billions of barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, […]

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