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August 27, 2008
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‘Gang of Ten’ Plan Attracts Flies
Despite fatal flaws, support for ‘New Era’ plan grows as election looms

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thomas Pyle, president of the Institute for Energy Research (IER), issued the following statement today in response to the recent expansion of support for an energy proposal crafted by [...]

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California’s Santa Barbara County, site of a major oil spill that rallied opposition to offshore oil production 40 years ago, voted on Tuesday to support new coastal oil exploration and extraction.
The county Board of Supervisors’ 3-2 vote is largely symbolic, but comes amid a heated debate on lifting a long-time U.S. [...]

Rising oil prices in recent years have again raised the question whether worldwide oil production has reached a peak. Various analysts have suggested that the rapid run up in prices indicates that if oil hasn’t yet reached its peak of production, it will do so very soon.
At the same time, though, the world keeps discovering [...]

Executive Summary
U.S. Production and Resources
U.S. Consumption
Coal Plant Statistics
Emissions
Environmental Issues
U.S. Coal Imports and Exports
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Executive Summary

The United Sates is a global leader in coal, both in production and reserves. Environmental issues and a push toward natural gas-fired power plants in recent years have limited new coal-fired generating units, but new coal plant construction is still progressing. The [...]

U.S. Statistics
Emissions and Nuclear Waste
What Does A Nuclear Plant Cost?
International

U.S. Statistics

In 2007, nuclear power accounted for 19 percent of the electricity generated and consumed in the United States [1].  This amount of power is comparable to the electricity used in California, Texas, and New York combined [2].  Behind coal, nuclear power and natural gas-fired generation [...]

According to The Hill, Speaker Nancy Pelosi fired-up the crowd in Denver yesterday with lines like, “If folks say we need to drill offshore, don’t come around California.” Ironically, at roughly the same time, a federal appeals court was awarding damages to oil companies for contract violations stemming from government actions consistent with Pelosi’s [...]

by Brian Kennedy
In an August 16 radio address, the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives outlined a plan “to take our country in a New Direction for our energy future.” Last week, the Institute for Energy Research (IER) issued an analysis of that plan, entitled, Don’t Know Much About Energy. And yesterday, [...]

IER analyzes energy ‘plan’ proposed by the Speaker of the House

On Saturday, August 16, the Speaker of the House delivered a radio address focused on energy issues. The following analyzes some of the claims and proposal outlined by the Speaker in that address.
THE SPEAKER: “Over the past few months alone, Republicans have voted down [...]

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August 19, 2008
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Brian Kennedy (202) 434-8200
“While Congress is on Vacation”
IER Launches 5-State Energy Education Ad Campaign
Washington, DC – The Institute for Energy Research (IER) today launched a five-state print and radio advertising campaign designed to educate consumers on America’s energy resources and the need to increase domestic supplies to help create jobs, [...]

Washington, DC – Today the Institute for Energy Research released a chart that debunks the myths surrounding the development of federal leases. As Russia threatens Europe’s oil pipeline in Georgia and Iran threatens to cutoff Middle East oil at the Strait of Hormuz, America’s energy and economic security depend on understanding the reality of [...]