Today, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Ranking Member James Comer (R-Ky.) and Subcommittee on the Environment Ranking Member Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) probed the White House’s involvement in the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) draft policy that would place significant barriers within the natural gas pipeline permitting process and diminish American energy production. In a … Continue reading New probe into White House scheme to block natural gas pipelines as energy prices skyrocket
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Today, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) announced its recommendation that the Secretary of the Interior withdraw lands from new mineral leasing in the Rainy River watershed for 20 years, preventing development of important American mineral resources "Just when you think the Biden administration's energy 'plan' can't get any worse, they somehow find a way. After … Continue reading Biden Defies Science, Shuts Down Domestic Mineral Production
Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced a final rule rescinding a Trump-era regulation that established a definition of "habitat" under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). House Committee on Natural Resources Ranking Member Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response: "Policymaking always hinges on fine details, and this back-and-forth on what … Continue reading Biden launches new Endangered Species Act attack on US economy
Today, U.S. Sens. John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis and Rep. Liz Cheney, all R-Wyo., sent a letter to Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Haaland blasting DOI for the lack of transparency in its recent, massive acquisition of land in Natrona and Carbon Counties.In the letter, the delegation notes how the administration didn’t involve the public, local … Continue reading BLM Blasted for Secretive Land Acquisition in Wyoming
House Financial Services Committee Republican Leader Patrick McHenry (NC-10) and U.S.Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), along with 12 of their colleagues, sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan urging him to fully study the potential environmental impacts of digital asset mining, including beneficial uses, before considering environmental regulation. This letter is a follow-up to … Continue reading Biden EPA plans to go after crypto
This week, the top Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), and the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), led a letter to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler regarding the SEC’s proposal to require extensive climate change-related disclosures from public companies. The letter urges … Continue reading House Republicans demand Biden drop SEC scheme forcing US employers to make woke climate confessions
Senator John Hoeven, a member of the Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Committee, this week pressed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan to ensure that any Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule protects private property rights and provides regulatory certainty for agriculture, energy and other industries. Hoeven joined a roundtable to push back … Continue reading New Biden WOTUS scheme shaping up to be nationwide EPA attack on private property
Today, as first reported by WISH TV, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) joined U.S. Representatives Jackie Walorski (Ind.-02), Greg Pence (Ind.-06), and the entire Indiana Republican Congressional Delegation in calling on the Biden Administration to secure our energy supply and prevent potential summer blackouts that could devastate Hoosier families, workers, and industry. In their letter to U.S. Secretary … Continue reading Republicans Demand Biden Secure Energy Supply to Prevent Deadly Summer Blackouts
Americans for Prosperity, on behalf of hundreds of thousands of grassroots activists across the country, today submitted comments strongly opposing a proposal from the Biden administration that would require public companies to include vague and counterproductive “climate-related” information as part of disclosures to prospective investors. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) draft rule would impose a bevy … Continue reading Biden SEC Climate Scheme Won’t Protect Investors or Improve the Environment, But Will Create Massive Confusion and Mountains of Red Tape
As gas prices hit a record high of $5 per gallon nationally, U.S. Senate Banking Committee Republicans are asking the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to provide more information related to its 500-page proposed climate disclosure rule. “This sweeping, close to 500-page proposed rule is unnecessary and inappropriate, exceeds the SEC’s mission and expertise, will harm consumers, … Continue reading Republicans Demand Records on Economy-Imploding Biden Scheme Forcing Energy Employers to Make ‘Climate Disclosures’
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