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Government Meddling in Energy Markets Leading to Higher Prices for Diesel Fuel: Joe Trotter on NTD News
Joe Trotter, ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Director, was featured on NTD News explaining why diesel fuel prices continue to rise and how that is contributing to the nation’s…
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Protecting Critical Infrastructure Amid Recent Substation Attacks
In the last six weeks, five electrical substations – in North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington, and Oregon – have been attacked, leaving tens of thousands of people without power.
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Big Government Energy Policies Beget Bigger Government
California leads the country in both the number of electric vehicles and wildfires, largely due to big-government policies. Now, in a shocking twist, the industries subject to these onerous laws…
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ALEC on WIZM Radio: Unreliable Energy Sources Put People in Danger
ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Director, Joe Trotter, recently joined host Mike Hayes on WIZM radio in La Crosse, WI to talk about regulations that will…
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ALEC in The Center Square: Higher Energy Prices Nationwide Tied to Government Policies
The Center Square covered the release of ALEC’s new Energy Affordability Report, 2nd Edition, which examines electricity and gasoline prices by state, as well as the government policies…
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Federalism, Virginia, and Electric Vehicles
In 2021, the Virginia legislature passed a law tying the state’s decision-making authority on vehicle emissions standards to California’s Air Resource Board (CARB). Intended or unintended, the consequences of this…
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Gimmicks and Gas Costs
As ALEC has documented, the Biden Administration is hostile towards American energy, and Americans are paying the price. Research from American Enterprise Institute Economist Mark Perry shows that…
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Lessons from Germany: The Danger of Energy Mandates
As the United States faces the specter of rolling blackouts due to the retirement of fossil fuel-fired generation facilities, German officials are acknowledging that their premature closing of coal power…
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VIDEO: What’s REALLY Driving Inflation? Biden’s War on Energy
By Joe Trotter One year ago the price of regular gas was three dollars and four cents. Today price hit a new all-time record high of four dollars and seventy…
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Summer Blues: The Diesel Problem
As food prices surged again this week and gasoline prices once again hit record highs, it is vitally important for our country’s leaders to understand how bad policy is plunging…
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Gasoline Prices: Where Political Fantasy and Reality Collide
The sharp relief between fantasy and reality of America’s energy needs is on full display at gas stations around the country this week after President Biden’s announcement that he is…
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Setting the Record Straight: The Energy Discrimination Elimination Act
What is the American Legislative Exchange Council? There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding surrounding ALEC these days – both what it is and what it isn’t. ALEC is…
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New Model Policies from the Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force at the 48th ALEC Annual Meeting
This July at ALEC’s 2021 Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, our Energy, Environment and Agriculture (EEA) Task Force was thrilled to have rich policy discussions on topics ranging…
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A Great Week at the Great Lakes Tax and Economic Policy Academy
From August 18th – 20th, ALEC hosted the Great Lakes Regional Tax and Economic Policy Academy at Northwood University in Midland, Michigan. This three-day event brought together state legislators from across…
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Secretary of Energy Rick Perry on Secrets to Success and Making Government Work
At ALEC’s 2021 Annual Meeting last week in Salt Lake City, UT, I had the privilege of interviewing former Governor of Texas and former Secretary of Energy, Rick Perry. In…
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Federal Court Ruling Provides Glimmer of Hope for Energy Development
In a new ruling last week, a Louisiana federal judge ordered the Biden Administration’s ban on new oil and gas leases be lifted, renewing hope for development of…
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Washington State’s Low Energy Prices in Jeopardy
Earlier this session, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed into law S.B. 2156, officially establishing a cap-and-trade program in the state – a type of carbon pricing program that…
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The Latest Pipeline Battleground: Line 5 in Michigan
From executive orders (Keystone XL) to cyberattacks (Colonial), pipelines are in the crosshairs this year. The Line 5 pipeline is the latest target. Michigan Governor Gretchen…
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Critical Infrastructure vs. Free Speech? Protect Both
If this past year has taught us anything, it is that reliable critical infrastructure is essential for the livelihoods of Americans. Just weeks after the Colonial Pipeline attack, millions…
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Should the Biden Administration Embrace a Carbon Tax?
The Biden Administration is under pressure to embrace a carbon tax, and according to his aides, the President is open to the idea. As ALEC Executive Vice President of…