FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 26, 2009 Contact: Patrick Creighton, 202.870.0850 Laura Henderson, 202.380.5758 IER: 150th Anniversary of Drake’s Well Should Renew America’s Leadership to Access, Deliver Energy After world-leading efforts a century and a half ago, U.S. energy priorities must be refocused on increasing supply, stabilizing costs Washington, DC – One hundred and fifty years [...]

Energy is the lifeblood of our economy.  As our competitors around the globe have shown us in recent years, job creation and economic growth begin with access to abundant, affordable energy supplies.  Unfortunately, the Obama administration’s stimulus proposals are founded on the fundamentally flawed notion that we will achieve prosperity if we make coal, oil, [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 17, 2008 CONTACT: Brian Kennedy (202) 346-8826 Chris Tucker (202) 346-8825 IER: Obama Interior Pick Will Have “Plenty to Say” on When, Whether American Economy Can Make Its Way Back IER president urges Sec.-designate Salazar to leverage power of affordable energy to deliver jobs, revenue and energy Americans need WASHINGTON – [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 CONTACT: Trice Whitefield (703) 516-2173 Interviews@FactsOnEnergy.org U.S. Reliance on Fossil Fuels Forecast to Continue According to the Energy Information Administration, fossil fuels will supply 79 percent of energy demand in 2030. Washington, DC — The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), an independent branch of the U.S. Department of [...]

In this rocky time for the U.S. economy, there was some good economic news this week.  Earnings reports from some of the investor-owned oil companies were released, with several companies exceeding analyst estimates.  A profitable energy industry is welcome news for the American people, who after all own a substantial portion of these companies in [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 29, 2008 CONTACT Brian Kennedy (202) 346-8826 Governor Palin Drills Down on U.S. Energy Policy Washington, DC – Thomas Pyle, president of the Institute for Energy Research (IER) issued the following statement regarding Governor Sarah Palin’s (R-AK) speech on U.S. energy policy in Ohio today: “As IER has pointed out time [...]

Synopsis (104KB) Complete Analysis (60KB) The following comparison of Barack Obama’s and John McCain’s energy and environmental plans comes from the statements of their plans on their official web sites. The text first indicates what the respective plans say on each topic, and then provides IER’s analysis of each topic within the program. Table of [...]

The major integrated oil companies are expected to soon start releasing their interim third quarter earnings reports. Analysts expect the reports to show large—perhaps record-breaking—profits. With a sputtering economy and an election right around the corner, we can be sure some lawmakers will excoriate “Big Oil” for kicking the consumer when he’s down. Indeed, some [...]

Monday night, Neil Cavuto chastised Congress for not being able to multitask and simultaneously deal with both our financial needs and our energy needs. It’s too bad, because increased domestic energy production will help with our current financial problems. On Monday, the financial markets responded to the financial bailout plans and as a result, the [...]

Yesterday the House embarked upon yet another in a long series of energy debates. Like its predecessors, this new energy bill, entitled the “Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act” (H.B. 6899) does almost nothing to improve our energy situation. Further, the measure seems to increase costly regulation on buildings and imposing additional burdens [...]