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#249: Who Cares? (10/17/25) Oct 17, 2025

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On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the ongoing government shutdown and how the upcoming elections in Virginia will unfold. Plus, Anthony Huston, CEO of Graphite One, joins the show for a discussion on the future of North American graphite production.

Links:

Alaska Native corps invest in Graphite One: https://www.miningnewsnorth.com/story/2025/10/10/news/alaska-native-corps-invest-in-graphite-one/9298.html

Jay Jones' Rage : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBDgemkWiF4

Clip: Fetterman Making the Case for the Republicans: https://x.com/RNCResearch/status/1978654275392741722

So Much for Peace in the Middle East: https://www.foxnews.com/world/trump-issues-dire-warning-hamas-dont-disarm-we-disarm-them

China Rare Earths: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-14/china-flexes-superpower-status-with-grab-for-global-supply-chain?embedded-checkout=true

Drill More, Emit Less: https://www.energylivenews.com/2025/10/10/us-is-drilling-more-oil-with-fewer-emissions/

Climate Tipping Point: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5553040-irreversible-climate-harms-warning/?email=ebc2f06a7ff85ddb8312c159ae74a0309d4b1ffd&emaila=76afe2afa715ddeb0bda14174a2608e3&emailb=e65a42d9e87113ea327ad990aedd346e7d3bc9d0c6913e29a724c034dc35938f&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10.13.25%20kw%20energy

Tweet of the Week: https://x.com/adamcarolla/status/1977806258641252827

#248: Cease Fire (10/14/25) Oct 14, 2025

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#248: Cease Fire (10/14/25)

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Shutdown: Day 10, No End in Sight

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/10/10/federal-government-shutdown-day-10-trump-live-updates/86551198007/

Source: USA Today

Senate Rejects Amendment to Stop Boat Strikes without Authorization…

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-war-powers-trump-venezuela-boat-strikes/

Source: CBS News

Princeton Resumes Standardized Testing

https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2025/10/princeton-news-sat-act-standardized-test-optional-required-admissions

Source: Daily Princetonian

The Climate Movement is Circling the Drain

https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-climate-movement-is-circling?utm_source=substack&publication_id=239058&post_id=175657256&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=2sdhe&triedRedirect=true

Source: The Liberal Patriot

Total Recall

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/totalenergies-siemens-urge-eu-abolish-climate-law-letter-shows-2025-10-09/

Source: Reuters

Nestlé wants out of the cow fart monitoring business.

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/nestle-quits-global-alliance-reducing-dairy-methane-emissions-2025-10-08/

Source: Reuters

Global Carbon Tax?

https://www.bgov.com/news/SUT4TRT1UM0W

Source: Bloomberg

Tweet of the Week:

JD Vance

https://x.com/JDVance/status/1976627115442471213

#247: What Took Them So Long? (10/6/25) Oct 06, 2025

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#247: What Took Them So Long? (10/6/25) NJ Polling https://data.ddhq.io/polls/2025/10/03/John%20Zogby%20Strategies-New%20Jersey Source: Zogby DOE Cancels $8B in Green Giveaways https://www.utilitydive.com/news/doe-cancel-clean-energy-awards/801764/#:~:text=President%20Donald%20Trump%20signs%20a,have%20already%20begun%20that%20process.%E2%80%9D Tesla: Keep CAFE https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/tesla-urges-trump-not-repeal-vehicle-emissions-rules-climate-finding-2025-09-25/ Source: Reuters PJM/State Frameworks https://www.utilitydive.com/news/state-frameworks-critical-to-addressing-consumer-affordability/801784/ Source: Utility Dive Beyond Boris: Conservatives Want to Scrap the Climate Change Act https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-01/uk-conservative-party-vows-to-scrap-the-climate-change-act Source: Bloomberg BP: Offshore Project https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/BP-Approves-5B-Offshore-Project-in-Gulf-of-Mexico.html Source: Oil Price Media All Time Low https://news.gallup.com/poll/695762/trust-media-new-low.aspx Source: Gallup

#246: Home Stretch (9/29/25) Sep 29, 2025

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On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the probability of a government shutdown and what it would mean for the Trump agenda, energy producers, and America at large. Plus we get playoff predictions for the MLB postseason. Links: Government shutdown: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/24/white-house-firings-shutdown-00579909 DOGE: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-administration-rehires-hundreds-of-federal-employees-laid-off-by-doge/ar-AA1NaoiT Soros: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/us/politics/justice-trump-george-soros-foundation.html Humphries Gets its Day in Court: https://www.wsj.com/opinion/supreme-court-humphreys-executor-ftc-rebecca-kelly-slaughter-independent-agencies-donald-trump-a7d8ce1d?mod=hp_opin_pos_1 New Jersey Mikie Sherril - $7 Million from Stock Trades: https://x.com/SteveGuest/status/1971277967218323565 What powered the world in 2024: https://elements.visualcapitalist.com/what-powered-the-world-in-2024/?utm_source=VC+Elements&utm_campaign=c2aea91cbe-VCE_Email_SEP_23_2025&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f3fdb4328c-c2aea91cbe-46162253&mc_cid=c2aea91cbe&mc_eid=19216d3212 Trump Digs Coal: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-24/us-plans-to-use-emergency-powers-to-stop-more-coal-closures China Climate More Words: https://www.wsj.com/world/chinas-xi-takes-veiled-swipe-at-trump-announces-climate-plan-d68a0c2f Permitting Reform California Style: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-09-25/la-wildfire-rebuilding-effort-strained-by-permits-high-costs?srnd=homepage-americas Tweet of the week: https://x.com/JesseBWatters/status/1971379388177645819

#245: Wild Blue Yonder (9/22/25) Sep 22, 2025

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This week on The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the looming government shut down, rate hikes around the country, what is causing them, and more. Links: Congress Doesn’t Work: https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/deficit-slightly-higher-through-august-same-time-last-year-monthly Nuclear Nominees: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5507819-senate-republicans-trump-nominees-vote/ Obama on Charlie Kirk: https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1968380656603496738 Meanwhile: FBI targeted 100 GOP Groups: https://nypost.com/2025/09/16/us-news/fbi-arctic-frost-probe-targeted-nearly-100-gop-groups-including-charlie-kirks-tpusa-docs/ Kimmel Canceled?: https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1968464339515417001 WoodMac Bullish on Wind and Solar Despite Loss of Subsidies: https://www.woodmac.com/blogs/energy-pulse/power-demand-supports-investment-us-renewables/ UK: Even the Socialists Have Moved On: https://substack.com/home/post/p-173852829 North Dakota: https://www.inforum.com/news/north-dakota/xcel-energy-proposes-19-electricity-rate-hike-in-north-dakota-biggest-request-in-many-years LA: https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-09-15/la-fi-edison-rate-hikes Maine: https://www.wmtw.com/article/maine-governor-opposes-cmp-request-to-hike-rates/66128366 Tweet of the Week: https://x.com/AutismCapital/status/1968478202499834156

#244: Turning Point (9/15/25) Sep 15, 2025

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On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna pay tribute to Charlie Kirk. Links: Speaker Backs Offshore Wind Project in Break with Trump: https://www.eenews.net/articles/johnson-backs-virginia-wind-project-in-break-with-trump-3/ Japan Sweetens Offshore Wind: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/japan-proposes-10-year-extension-offshore-wind-farm-leases-ease-cost-pressures-2025-08-26/ No RICO for Puerto Rico: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/exxon-other-oil-companies-defeat-climate-lawsuit-by-puerto-rican-towns-2025-09-12/ EU Says Gas and Nucs are Clean: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-10/eu-s-green-finance-label-for-nuclear-gas-is-allowed-court-says Governor Gavin Wants to Subsidize Refineries… https://beniciaindependent.com/california-in-talks-to-pay-hundreds-of-millions-to-valero-to-stave-off-refinery-shutdown/ More Importantly I’m a Soul: https://x.com/heckyessica/status/1965941475390419358

#243: ELGSES (9/8/25) Sep 08, 2025

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On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna discuss the first 200 executive orders of the Trump administration, where the polling is showing how elections will go this fall, and more stories out of Washington. Links: Poll: It’s the Cost of Living, Stupid: https://www.patrickruffini.com/p/its-the-cost-of-living-stupid?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Nadler Retiring: https://nypost.com/2025/09/01/us-news/rep-jerrold-nadler-78-will-not-seek-re-election-as-longtime-ny-democrat-stresses-need-for-generational-change-after-watching-biden/ Trump Had Kind Words for the Congressman: https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1963926531748606446 200th Executive Order: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/sep/5/trump-issuing-200th-executive-order-setting-unprecedented-pace-modern/ “Department of War”: https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-hegseth-department-of-war-pentagon-067d89413670394c4d2149519dcb09c3 What’s in a name? Mexico is “stimulating complex geological deposits”: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-04/mexico-s-sheinbaum-considers-more-fracking-to-boost-pemex ‘Inside Trump’s Unorthodox Climate Attacks in Courts Nationwide: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/climate/lawsuits-superfund-trump-justice-climate.html Google Memory Holes Net-Zero Pledge on Website: https://www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/04/investigations/google-net-zero-sustainability Court Blocks Gold Gold Bars: https://thehill.com/newsletters/energy-environment/5482639-appeals-court-sides-with-epa-over-gold-bars/ Shell Shelves SAF Plant: https://www.ogj.com/energy-transition/news/55314342/shell-scraps-rotterdam-biofuels-project-after-review ABC, LND You and Me: https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/US-Breaks-LNG-Export-Record-in-August.html Mitsubishi Double Down on Gas Turbines: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-31/mitsubishi-heavy-to-double-gas-turbine-capacity-as-demand-soars Big Rigs Sue Themselves and Win… https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5450798-california-truck-emissions-ftc/?email=467cb6399cb7df64551775e431052b43a775c749&emaila=12a6d4d069cd56cfddaa391c24eb7042&emailb=054528e7403871c79f668e49dd3c44b1ec00c7f611bf9388f76bb2324d6ca5f3&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=08.13.25%20%E2%80%94%20Energy%20%26%20Environment%20--%20RF Irrational Discounts: https://electrek.co/2025/09/02/gm-warns-irrational-discounts-evs-ending/

#242: Good Gravy (9/2/25) Sep 02, 2025

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On this episode of The Unregulated Podcast Tom Pyle and Mike McKenna cover emerging stories from the Washington, and are joined professor Samuele Furfari, a chemical engineer with a PhD from the ULB, and a Senior official at DG Energy at the Commission for a discussion on European energy policy. Links: Ernst is Out: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2026-election/republican-sen-joni-ernst-wont-seek-re-election-iowa-2026-rcna228053 Mark Teixeira Running for Congress: https://nypost.com/2025/08/28/us-news/former-yankees-world-series-winner-mark-teixeira-announces-run-for-congress-in-texas/ Two State Solution: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/26/california-republican-leader-calls-for-a-two-state-solution-amid-redistricting-battle-00527902 Chicago: 5000 More Police Officers: https://x.com/VivekGRamaswamy/status/1960519162368835722 Third Way: Banned Words: https://www.thirdway.org/memo/was-it-something-i-said Climate Alliance suspends activities: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-27/climate-alliance-suspends-activities-after-global-banks-walk-out Phillips 66 is winding down in LA: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/phillips-66-to-begin-winding-down-los-angeles-area-refinery-next-week-sources-say/ar-AA1Lq0eO?ocid=BingNewsVerp Mitsubishi Exits Offshore Wind in Japan: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-27/mitsubishi-withdraws-from-three-offshore-wind-projects-in-japan?srnd=phx-green Exxon versus the EU: https://archive.ph/RwtjJ Tweet of the Week: https://x.com/tomroussey7news/status/1961116070963466312

#241: Mangia! (8/26/25) Aug 26, 2025

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The Unregulated Podcast is back after a two week hiatus.

#240: After the Wine Kicks In (8/4/25) Aug 04, 2025

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#240: After the Wine Kicks In (8/4/25) Links: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, Jobs. Let’s vote for Jobs. https://www.c-span.org/clip/us-house-of-representatives/user-clip-jobs-jobs-jobs-jobs-lets-vote-for-jobs/5011112 https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/jobs-report-july-2025.html Source: CNBC Fed Governor Resigning https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/01/federal-reserve-governor-kugler-part-of-the-committee-that-sets-interest-rates-is-resigning.html Source: CNBC Breaking News: Kamala not running for Governor https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/kamala-harris-run-governor-california/story?id=124217142 Source: ABC News Bye, Bye, CPB https://apnews.com/article/public-broadcasting-defunding-pbs-npr-94708ffb8313d4811fa6ca199fe454ad Source: AP Strassel: The Rise of the Climate Right https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-rise-of-the-climate-right-energy-global-warming-politics-environment-caf49f13 Source: WSJ Save Our Cars https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/31/making-automobiles-great-again/ Source: Daily Signal Climate non-profits https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-07-28/trump-s-billions-in-climate-cuts-have-nonprofits-scrambling-to-survive Source: Bloomberg Liquid Gold in the Golden State https://www.foxnews.com/politics/californias-top-republican-rips-dems-blocking-oil-goldmine-after-new-trump-project-rebuffs-schiff Source: Fox News New Zealand is Back in the Game https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/new-zealand-ends-ardern-era-ban-oil-gas-exploration-2025-07-31/ Source: Reuters Record Oil Production https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-01/exxon-beats-earnings-estimates-as-oil-output-cushions-price-drop Source: Bloomberg Poland never abandoned coal. https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/07/29/poland-reaps-fruits-of-climate-realism/ Source: Daily Signal Unrealistic? Kind of Like Net Zero https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/eus-250-billion-per-year-spending-us-energy-is-unrealistic-2025-07-28/ Source: Reuters

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