# mandate — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover mandate. Page: Feed: --- ## [Why both Republicans and Democrats should support aggressive permitting reform](https://alexepstein.substack.com/p/why-both-republicans-and-democrats) _2026-07-17 · Alex Epstein · Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein_ Bipartisan deals are often impossible, but on permitting it’s totally possible—because permitting delays kill projects that members of both parties deeply care about. ## [Why China is outcompeting America](https://alexepstein.substack.com/p/why-china-is-outcompeting-america) _2026-07-16 · Alex Epstein · Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein_ My comments at a House Oversight Committee roundtable on July 14, 2026 on “Winning the Economic Competition with China: Working Families, the AI Race, and Energy.” [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207253746/b9f9319ebc7c44528fe11185c9cc0308.mp3) ## [To unleash nuclear, the NRC must reject LNT, not just ALARA](https://alexepstein.substack.com/p/to-unleash-nuclear-the-nrc-must-reject) _2026-07-14 · Alex Epstein · Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein_ The NRC is right to challenge the "ALARA" rule for radiation reduction. But to unleash nuclear power, the NRC needs to reject "LNT," the pseudoscientific radiation model on which ALARA is based. ## [The 4 California "waivers" keeping America's EV mandate alive](https://alexepstein.substack.com/p/the-4-california-waivers-keeping) _2026-07-13 · Alex Epstein · Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein_ 4 "waivers" from the Clean Air Act currently allow California to impose vehicle GHG standards on the whole country. Congress can use a law called the Congressional Review Act to reject these waivers! ## [Why America can’t build the natural gas pipelines it needs — my interview with Senator Alan Armstrong](https://alexepstein.substack.com/p/why-america-cant-build-the-natural) _2026-06-05 · Alex Epstein · Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein_ Natural gas pipelines don’t emit anything that can contaminate water. Yet the Clean Water Act lets states that dislike interstate pipelines block them for political reasons. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/200477805/aa5a9ffb07e132a74748a66b727f4213.mp3) ## [Why Democrats and Republicans both need comprehensive permitting reform](https://alexepstein.substack.com/p/why-democrats-and-republicans-both) _2026-05-24 · Alex Epstein · Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein_ Both Republicans and Democrats should absolutely want strong NEPA reform, strong Clean Water Act reform, strong transmission reform, and permitting certainty. ## [Stop corn + oil lobbyists from permanently expanding the ethanol mandate](https://alexepstein.substack.com/p/stop-corn-oil-lobbyists-from-permanently) _2026-05-12 · Alex Epstein · Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein_ The “Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act" expands the ethanol mandate by 1) loosening air quality rules and 2) imposing the mandate on small refineries. This will raise fuel costs. ## [The Strait of Hormuz crisis, the economics of OPEC+, and more](https://alexepstein.substack.com/p/the-strait-of-hormuz-crisis-the-economics) _2026-05-05 · Alex Epstein · Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein_ My recent interview with John Coogan and Jordi Hays on the popular tech show TBPN [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/196467411/e0dc6a986ad2e1851df00ce452c9ccbe.mp3) ## [Reframing the energy conversation — my speech to a group of Attorneys General](https://alexepstein.substack.com/p/reframing-the-energy-conversation) _2026-04-28 · Alex Epstein · Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein_ My speech to a group of America's Attorneys General on how almost everyone has accepted anti-human ideas on energy and environmental issues—and how to reverse this. ## [Vote NO on a backdoor expansion of the ethanol mandate](https://alexepstein.substack.com/p/vote-no-on-a-backdoor-expansion-of) _2026-04-26 · Alex Epstein · Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein_ Advocates of government-dictated ethanol are trying to circumvent House procedures to sneak an expanded ethanol mandate into the Farm Bill. The House Rules Committee should not allow this. ## [Find what they just said (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/HdohaHAzvJAy) _2026-04-26 · **Sponsored**_ Surface recent public signals so you can send policy-aware, relevant outreach ## [Why I think AI will be a new fundamental of human flourishing](https://alexepstein.substack.com/p/why-i-think-ai-will-be-a-new-fundamental) _2026-04-23 · Alex Epstein · Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein_ Watch now | AI can have the same scale of positive impact on human flourishing as low-cost energy—if we properly value it, integrate it, and liberate it. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/194956196/16cc5332b58fc3a286c76f7db74877e0.mp3) ## [Politicians Who Cut Solar and Wind Subsidies Saved Our Grid](https://alexepstein.substack.com/p/politicians-who-cut-solar-and-wind) _2026-03-17 · Alex Epstein · Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein_ Politicians who cut solar/wind subsidies saved our grid by incentivizing reliable generation, which was having its operating revenue looted by subsidized, unreliable solar and wind. ## [How to deal with rising oil prices due to the war in Iran](https://alexepstein.substack.com/p/how-to-deal-with-rising-oil-prices) _2026-03-10 · Alex Epstein · Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein_ My March 9 interview with John Coogan and Jordi Hays on the popular tech show TBPN [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/190471454/8356986fc771a109203215777738d43c.mp3) ## [Talking points roundup: the poverty rate in China vs the US, how industrial progress made humans taller, LNG exports lowering energy prices, and more](https://alexepstein.substack.com/p/talking-points-roundup-the-poverty) _2026-03-10 · Alex Epstein · Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein_ Also: lack of pipeline capacity in the Northeast, the Supreme Court’s new climate lawfare case, anti-fossil-fuel policies in California, and UK sabotaging its energy security ## [A transcendent vision for US energy policy](https://alexepstein.substack.com/p/a-transcendent-vision-for-us-energy) _2026-03-04 · Alex Epstein · Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein_ Watch now | A recent podcast appearance on how both major parties can work together to create enduring, positive change on energy policy. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/189579706/b77ac5aa3d4af2206d2c95c869ac60c8.mp3) ## [Talking points roundup: California’s irrational oil imports, the consequences of state "net zero" policies, "petro masculinity," and more](https://alexepstein.substack.com/p/talking-points-roundup-californias) _2026-03-02 · Alex Epstein · Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein_ Also: the practice of using mobile gas turbines to power data centers, solar and wind dominating 2026 electricity "capacity" additions, and Illinois requiring new nuclear power. ## [Talking points roundup: US nuclear’s failure to launch, China’s "coalar" power, solar having zero real "capacity," and more](https://alexepstein.substack.com/p/talking-points-roundup-us-nuclears) _2026-02-23 · Alex Epstein · Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein_ Also: China’s coal-dependent solar power, fraudulent claims about solar and wind, solar’s unreliability, global emergencies, and the myth of solar and wind’s self-sufficiency. ## [Solar and wind aren’t real power sources, they’re intermittent fuel-savers](https://alexepstein.substack.com/p/solar-and-wind-arent-real-power-sources) _2026-02-18 · Alex Epstein · Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein_ As a recent week of winter weather illustrated, solar and wind don’t replace reliable power sources—they just save them fuel, usually at great expense. ## [How Congress can still enact meaningful, bipartisan permitting reform](https://alexepstein.substack.com/p/how-congress-can-still-enact-meaningful) _2026-02-12 · Alex Epstein · Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein_ Congress can still enact meaningful permitting reform if Republicans agree to stronger permitting certainty in exchange for Democrats supporting comprehensive, tech-neutral permitting reform. ## [Trade Bitcoin and Ethereum Today (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/CAqlln1NWwIu) _2026-02-12 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell, and margin trade BTC and ETH with EUR, USD, CAD, GBP, or JPY. ## [New Mexico's "Clear Horizons Act" would destroy its oil industry and standard of living](https://alexepstein.substack.com/p/new-mexicos-clear-horizons-act-would) _2026-02-06 · Alex Epstein · Energy Talking Points by Alex Epstein_ New Mexico lawmakers are considering a “net-zero by 2050” mandate that would shut down the oil industry. This would harm not only the state of New Mexico but the entire US.