House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee Ranking Member Pete Stauber (R-Minn.)along with Congressional Western Caucus Chair Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) led a Republican forum titled "Minnesota Mining and American Potential: An Opportunity for a Brighter and More Secure Future." "We know that mining in Minnesota presents … Continue reading Republicans Hold Forum Highlighting the Importance of Domestic Mining
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The Biden administration today undid a useful, consumer-friendly reform put in place by Biden’s predecessor, reinstating energy restrictions that make household dishwashers take much longer to get the job done. CEI attorney Devin Watkins criticized the move: President Biden’s decision to block faster 1-hour dishwashers will waste the time of many American consumers. The Biden Energy Department … Continue reading Biden Energy Department Blocks Faster Dishwashers That Consumers Want
The Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) released a new paper, arguing the Break Free from Plastic Pollution Act (S. 984, H.R. 2238), co-sponsored by Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Rep. Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), could destroy the domestic plastics industry in the United States. The fourth installment of a four-part series, “The High Costs of the Break Free … Continue reading Anti-Plastics Bill Could Eliminate Jobs, Raise Prices on Consumers and Create Shortages of Critical Products
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), delivered the following remarks at a full committee hearing to examine the opportunities and challenges for maintaining existing hydropower capacity, expanding hydropower at non-powered dams, and increasing pumped storage hydropower. The hearing featured testimony from Ms. Jennifer Garson, … Continue reading Ecoradical opposition to zero-emission nearly free hydro power exposes Green New Deal as moneymaking scam
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO); Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Ranking Member Rick Crawford (R-AR); and 18 additional Committee Republicans are calling on the Biden Administration to drop plans to suspend recently finalized regulations that authorized the safe transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) by rail. They warned this unwarranted … Continue reading Biden looks to stop LNG transport by rail as Dems carry out Russian, Chinese agenda of banning US energy
Republican leaders, led by House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.), House Committee on Agriculture Ranking Member Glenn Thompson (R-Pa.), and House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Ranking Member Frank Lucas (R-Okla.), wrote Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan to again express concern about the agency’s rule banning the use … Continue reading EPA scheme banning common insecticide hurts consumers and food supply chain
The Biden administration this week announced a final rule raising fuel economy standards for cars and small trucks, reversing a more sensible Trump-era rule. The new EPA rule imposes a federal mandate requiring cars and other light-duty vehicles to achieve a 40 miles per gallon standard over the next five years, up from 32 miles … Continue reading Biden EPA fuel rule slaps all-pain, no-gain agenda on consumers
U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), Republican Leader of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today led 47 senators and 44 House members on an amicus curiae brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the petitioners, including … Continue reading GOP lawmakers file Supreme Court brief in case against EPA scheme to cripple US power
U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), sent a letter to Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland demanding answers on the recommendations contained in the Department of the Interior’s “Report on the Federal Oil and Gas Leasing Program.” In the letter, Barrasso highlights the dangers … Continue reading Barrasso demands answers after Biden proposes price hikes for American energy
On December 7th the City of Dallas Committee on Environment & Sustainability began consideration of a potential ban on gas-powered lawn equipment, a proposal which the Texas Nursery & Landscape Association (TNLA) believes will harm local businesses in the Texas green industry. It should be noted, the information presented by city staff included the facts … Continue reading Leftist Dallas City Council moves to ban gas-powered lawn equipment
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