FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 27, 2008 CONTACT Brian Kennedy (202) 434-8200 ‘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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Updated August 26, 2010 Executive Summary U.S. Production and Resources U.S. Consumption Coal Plant Statistics Emissions Environmental Issues U.S. Coal Imports and Exports International Executive Summary The United Sates is a global leader in coal, both in production and reserves. Environmental issues and a push toward natural gas and wind power plants in recent years [...]

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 [...]

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 “no [...]

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, the [...]

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 [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 19, 2008 CONTACT: 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 [...]

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 domestic [...]