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“Arizona families would be left paying an extra $100 a month for this Green New Deal style mandate.” PHOENIX, AZ – Americans for Prosperity – Arizona (AFP-AZ) is launching a new advertising campaign that shows how the so-called clean energy standard in the Biden-Sanders reconciliation package would cause Arizonans’ energy bills to increase $1,200 a […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) expressed disapproval on the White House Council on Environmental Quality’s decision to rescind a rule amending the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that would have improved our ability to build, improve, and maintain infrastructure by facilitating more efficient, effective, and timely NEPA reviews by Federal agencies. Although initially […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) submitted public comments outlining its opposition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule to revise existing greenhouse gas emissions standards for light-duty vehicles for 2023 and later model years. These new burdensome vehicle regulations would reduce affordability for passenger vehicles, replace consumer preferences with politically preferred technology […]
Arlington, Va. – This week, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) led coalitions, each comprised of more than two dozen organizations, in sending two letters to the U.S. Congress related to pending new energy taxes as part of Sen. Sanders’ “infrastructure” proposal lawmakers plan to advance on partisan lines through reconciliation. Contrary to the commitments by President Biden […]
In making the case against the proposed “clean electricity standard,” a national energy mandate included in Senator Bernie Sanders’ partisan budget plan, Jason Huffman and Clint Woods invoke a memorable ad from West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin. Manchin’s classic 2010 campaign ad became famous for his pointing a rifle at a piece of paper flapping in […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) on Thursday urged lawmakers to reject a border carbon tax, which some are looking to include in Sen. Bernie Sanders’ $3.5 trillion “infrastructure” reconciliation package. A border carbon tax would devastate the economy – hurting American farmers, manufacturers, and small businesses – and make life harder for people, […]
“A cleaner environment, which we all want, and affordable, reliable energy, which we all need, are not mutually exclusive. On the contrary, they are mutually reinforcing.” Chris Hudson, vice president of government affairs at Americans for Prosperity, brings home that point in a new op-ed in the Washington Examiner that calls on Congress to reject […]
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity (AFP) Policy Fellow Clint Woods issued the following statement regarding President Biden’s sweeping executive order on “Climate-Related Financial Risk” mobilizing federal agencies across the gamut to enforce mandates on businesses, insurers, retirement funds, and suppliers that would ultimately stifle the very innovation critical to improving the environment: “We all […]
Americans for Prosperity – Iowa (AFP-IA) is proud to join the Fuel Choice Coalition, a group of leaders in Iowa fighting against government mandates and standing up for consumer freedom. AFP-IA State Director Drew Klein released the following statement accompanying the announcement: “Government mandates and unnecessary regulations are not the answer for our state or […]
