AUTHOR ARCHIVES: Benjamin Cole

Ghost Town? AEA video profiles regulatory assault on Craig, Colorado Press Releases Coal

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For Immediate Release
From The American Energy Alliance
February 21, 2012
WASHINGTON D.C. —  The American Energy Alliance released Tuesday a video telling the story of Craig, Colo., a small town of approximately 10,000 people and home to the Centennial State’s largest…

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Not even China can save the wind industry Blog Wind

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China again added more wind capacity in 2011 than did the United States: 2.6 times as much, according to the Global Wind Energy Council.[i] But even though China built an impressive 18 gigawatts of wind capacity last year, the wind…

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The Obama Budget and Wind Power Blog Wind

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In the 1970s and 1980s, the proponents of wind power claimed that renewables would be cost-competitive in a few years if they just received some subsidies for a few years. But thirty years later, renewables proponents are still clamoring for…

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IER files comment on EPA’s proposed light-duty rule Press Releases

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For Immediate Release
February 14, 2012
WASHINGTON D.C. — The Institute for Energy Research filed a comment yesterday with the Environmental Protection Agency regarding a proposed rule to establish light-duty vehicle greenhouse gas emission standards.  Citing numerous fatal flaws in…

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IER Statement on President Obama’s FY2013 Budget Press Releases

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For Immediate Release
February 13, 2012
“This is not an effective energy policy, and it most certainly isn’t a budget. It’s a plan to keep the price of energy up and the number of jobs down.” — IER President Thomas…

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