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Archives: Energy / Articles
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ALEC Policy Champions: Utah Rep. Colin Jack and Sen. Ronald Winterton Protect Electric Reliability
On March 12th, Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed H.B. 191, a bill empowering the state to fight federal attempts to close down the state’s power generation facilities through politically…
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Anti-Carbon Tax Resolution Passes House of Representatives
The House of Representatives voted on Thursday to approve House Concurrent Resolution 86, Expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the United States…
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Energy Policy & Grid Reliability: Joe Trotter on The Conservative Energy Podcast
Joe Trotter, ALEC Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force Director, was featured on the Conservative Energy News podcast delving into the basics of ALEC…
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Five Key Factors Will Influence 2024 Election Outcome: Jonathan Williams in The Detroit News
ALEC EVP of Policy and Chief Economist Jonathan Williams recently co-authored an op-ed with Dr. Timothy Nash in The Detroit News on the key policies…
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New York Pushing Political Agenda with Pensioners’ Funds
This week, New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli went on CNBC’s Squawk Box to explain why the Big Apple’s pension fund was divesting from the oil and gas sector. His…
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Navigating the State Energy Policy Landscape: Joe Trotter on The Voice of Reason
The Voice of Reason kicked off 2024 with an insightful discussion between host Andy Hooser and Joe Trotter, the ALEC Director of the Energy,…
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How Soaring Prices Cast A Pall Over Holiday Cheer: Joe Trotter in The Daily Caller
Joe Trotter, ALEC Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force Director, authored an op-ed in the The Daily Caller detailing the burdensome effects of high…
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A Breakdown of the Country’s Energy Prices: Joe Trotter on ALEC Breakdown
Joe Trotter, ALEC Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force Director, sat down with Lars Dalseide, ALEC Director of Policy Advancement and Media Relations, talking…
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2024 Solutions Spotlight: Maintaining Energy Reliability and Affordability
While global instability upended energy prices throughout the world last year, 2024 is a chance for state governments to make sensible, market-based decisions concerning the costs and reliability of the…
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Analyzing Energy Prices Across the States: Joe Trotter on OANN
Joe Trotter, ALEC Environment, Energy, and Agriculture Task Force Director, appeared on One America News Network to detail the latest ALEC…
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Near Record-High Oil Output Hides Lag in Biden Policy Impact: Joe Trotter in The Epoch Times
Joe Trotter, ALEC Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force Director, was featured in The Epoch Times with energy sector experts discussing the long-term concerns…
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Another Blow to Sensible Energy Policy: President Biden and Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve
Last week, the Biden Administration struck another blow against sensible energy policy by cancelling seven oil and gas leases in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve (NPR-A) using executive regulatory actions. Claiming…
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A Monument to Energy Regression
Earlier this month, President Biden used powers authorized under the Antiquities Act of 1906 to proclaim a vast swath of land in Arizona as a national monument. Unfortunately, Biden’s…
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Millions of U.S. Jobs Are at Risk From Climate Policy: Joe Trotter in Delaware Valley Journal
Joe Trotter, ALEC Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force Director, was featured in the Delaware Valley Journal discussing the harmful impact on the job market with millions…
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China Is Both Supplier and Saboteur of US Electric Grid: Joe Trotter in The Epoch Times
Joe Trotter, ALEC Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force Director, tells The Epoch Times how the US energy infrastructure is vulnerable to Chinese companies operating as suppliers…
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The EPA, Power Plants, and the Chevron Doctrine
Earlier this month, the Biden administration announced yet another plan to shut down America’s fossil fuel power generation capabilities using regulations without any explicit Congressional authorization. If adopted, the…
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Why Biden Admin’s Latest Push for EVs, Wind, and Solar Is Likely Headed to the Supreme Court: Joe Trotter in The Epoch Times
Joe Trotter, ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Director, recently spoke with The Epoch Times about the EPA’s new proposal to force the United States’ electricity…
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Forestry, Wildfires, and the Good Neighbor Authority
ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force Director Joe Trotter sat down with the John Locke Foundation’s Jon Sanders and the Mackinac Center for…
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Agriculture’s Essential Ingredient: Natural Gas
Modern agriculture cannot exist without natural gas. As an essential ingredient in nitrogenous fertilizer production, the availability of low-cost natural gas has brought down the cost of nearly every food…
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Virginia and the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
The Regional Greenhouse Gas initiative is a carbon tax costing Virginia’s citizens and industries hundreds of millions of dollars each year. Over the last two years alone, it has…