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DAILY ENERGY NEWS | 04/22/2022

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It's Earth Day and it's a good time to remember that air quality in the United States is pretty much as good as it has been in since before EPA started keeping track (and air quality improved pre-dated EPA).

"If all it takes to save the planet is a 'partnership' to 'change it all,' no more Earth Days would be needed, as the planet would have been saved decades ago. Can anyone imagine a proclamation from the environmental left that its work is done? No, it is coercion that will be necessary now and forever — the kind that only unaccountable bureaucrats, politicians, and elites can exert, and only on an international basis — as impoverishment is not a condition that massive numbers of ordinary people will accept voluntarily. "

– Benjamin Zycher,
American Enterprise Institute.

Where will Special K show up next? Find out on the latest episode of The Unregulated Podcast. Now streaming on our website, or where ever you listen to podcasts.

Can we test these guys for long covid?

Wall Street Journal (4/21/22) reports: "The nation’s biggest oil industry trade group has drafted a proposal urging Congress to adopt a carbon tax, which would put a surcharge on gasoline and other fossil fuels to discourage greenhouse-gas emissions. The draft proposal was approved by the American Petroleum Institute’s climate committee last month, according to a document reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. The measure must still be approved by the group’s executive committee. A carbon tax would raise gasoline prices and other energy costs for consumers. Some API members want to delay action on the proposal amid near-record prices at the pump, contending it could alienate not only voters but Republican lawmakers friendly to the oil industry ahead of midterm elections, according to people involved in the discussions or who were briefed on them. 'The worst case is not get the policy, and lose the friends.' one of the people said. 'Today, that’s probably the most likely possibility.' The API proposal calls for assessing gasoline wholesalers, power plants and others a tax starting at $35 to $50 a ton for carbon dioxide generated by the fossil fuel they sell or use, with annual adjustments for inflation and other factors, according to the document reviewed by the Journal,"

Gina McCarthy confirms that Joe Biden is committed to keeping gas prices and inflation high. As she says, Biden "remains absolutely committed to not moving forward with additional drilling on public lands." Never mind the law. Never mind that high prices are hurting American families. Never mind any of that.

John Kerry wants to weaponize the use of energy against the American people.

Bloomberg (4/21/22) reports: "U.S. climate envoy John Kerry on Thursday put natural gas on notice, saying the world’s reliance on the fossil fuel should be limited to potentially a decade, unless its greenhouse gas emissions are fully captured. Though natural gas burns cleaner than coal when used to generate electricity, it should not be part of a long-term climate strategy without emission-control technology, Kerry said in an interview Thursday with Bloomberg Television. 'If you can capture the emissions -- literally, genuinely -- then you’re reducing the problem,' said Kerry, the U.S. special presidential envoy for climate. 'We have to put the industry on notice: You’ve got six years, eight years, no more than 10 years or so, within which you’ve got to come up with a means by which you’re going to capture, and if you’re not capturing, then we have to deploy alternative sources of energy.'...Kerry’s comments drew criticism from oil industry officials, who said they conflicted with Biden’s efforts to steer more gas to Europe."

If you oppose a carbon tax, take a stand and contact us.

Tom Pyle, American Energy Alliance

Myron Ebell, Competitive Enterprise Institute

Phil Kerpen, American Commitment

Andrew Quinlan, Center for Freedom and Prosperity

Tim Phillips, Americans for Prosperity

Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform

George Landrith, Frontiers of Freedom

Thomas A. Schatz, Citizens Against Government Waste

Richard Manning, Americans for Limited Government

Adam Brandon, FreedomWorks

Craig Richardson, E&E Legal

Benjamin Zycher, American Enterprise Institute
Jason Hayes, Mackinac Center
David Williams, Taxpayers Protection Alliance
Paul Gessing, Rio Grande Foundation
Seton Motley, Less Government
Annette Thompson Meeks, Freedom Foundation of Minnesota
Isaac Orr, Center of the American Experiment
David T. Stevenson & Clint Laird, Caesar Rodney Institute
John Droz, Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions
Jim Karahalios, Axe the Carbon Tax
Mark Mathis, Clear Energy Alliance
Jack Ekstrom, PolicyWorks America

Energy Markets

WTI Crude Oil: ↓ $102.04
Natural Gas: ↓ $6.85
Gasoline: ~ $4.12

Diesel: ~ $5.06
Heating Oil: ↓ $392.60
Brent Crude Oil: ↓ $106.71
US Rig Count: ↓ 758

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