Energy
AFP Foundation Sues Biden Administration for Public Records Relating to Overreaching Energy Permitting Regulations
Arlington, Va. – Americans for Prosperity Foundation today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) complaint seeking information on the Council of Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) recent overreaching revisions to energy permitting regulations that will cause delays and drive up the costs of badly needed energy projects. Click here to view the complaint. In May, AFP Foundation launched…
Read MoreNew Report Reveals How the Department of the Interior Undermines Transparency
AFP Foundation released a report revealing the Interior Department’s disturbing pattern of undermining transparency and accountability.
Read MoreAFP Foundation letter to Senate committee: the president’s emergency powers should be for emergencies only
By Thomas Kimbrell and Kevin Schmidt May 23, 2024 | The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) held a hearing yesterday titled “Restoring Congressional Oversight Over Emergency Powers; Exploring Options to Reform the National Emergencies Act.” AFP Foundation sent a letter to the Committee describing the problematic implications of the president’s effectively unlimited executive powers…
Read MoreAFP Foundation sends letter urging House Committee to hold Biden Administration Bureaucrats Accountable for Energy Permitting Reform
By Thomas Kimbrell May 17, 2024 | The House Committee on Natural Resources held an oversight hearing yesterday titled “Examining the Council on Environmental Quality Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request and Related Policy Matters.” CEQ Chairwoman Brenda Mallory testified before the full committee. On May 1, CEQ issued a final rulemaking for the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Implementing…
Read MoreAmericans for Prosperity Foundation Opens Investigation into Biden Administration’s Onerous Energy Permitting Regulations
May 10, 2024 | Today Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFP Foundation) filed FOIA requests seeking records on the Council of Environmental Quality’s recent overreaching revisions to energy permitting regulations. Last May, Congress passed amendments to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) as part of the Fiscal Responsibility Act. The amendments were meant to streamline the…
Read MoreRecords Reveal Biden Administration Budget Officials Questioned Legal Authority to Cancel ANWR Lease Sale
The cancellation of lease sales in ANWR is both unlawful and harmful to our energy security
Read MoreAFP Foundation Files Suit for Documents on Shutting Down Development in the NPR-A
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 30, 2024 CONTACT: Caitlin Gallagher, cgallagher@standtogether.org ANCHORAGE, AK — Today, Americans for Prosperity Foundation (AFP Foundation) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) complaint after…
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