FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 4, 2009 CONTACT: Laura Henderson (202) 621-2951 IER: Closing Utah Leases Bad Omen for American Energy Production Washington, DC – Institute for Energy Research (IER) president Thomas J. Pyle today issued the following statement in advance of the Secretary of Interior’s expected announcement that he will withdrawal 77 areas in Utah [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 3, 2009 CONTACT: Brian Kennedy (202) 346-8826 Chris Tucker (202) 346-8825 IER Launches Online Effort Encouraging Americans to Say “Yes We Can” to New Offshore Energy IER Urges American Energy Consumers to Register Their Comments on Interior Department’s Historic New Five-Year Energy Plan Washington, D.C. – The Institute for Energy Research [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 28, 2009 CONTACT: Brian Kennedy (202) 346-8826 Chris Tucker (202) 346-8825 IER Economic Stimulus Plan Would Create Millions of New Jobs, Strengthen U.S. Energy Security Institute Urges President Obama to Adopt Historic Change in Energy Policy Washington, DC – Institute for Energy Research (IER) today released an economic stimulus plan that [...]

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 January 16, 2009 CONTACT: Brian Kennedy (202) 346-8826 Chris Tucker (202) 346-8825 IER: New Offshore Plan First Step to Putting U.S. on Path to Economic, Energy Security Washington, DC –The Institute for Energy Research (IER) today applauded the outlines of a new plan for delivering affordable, secure energy resources to the American [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 8, 2009 CONTACT: Brian Kennedy (202) 346-8826 Chris Tucker (202) 346-8825 Obama “Green Jobs” Stimulus Would Put America in the Red Sets the stage for unprecedented government spending, while ignoring billions of dollars in revenue, royalties that domestic energy exploration can deliver Washington, DC – Institute for Energy Research president Thomas [...]

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Contact: Trice Whitefield (703) 516-2173 Interviews@FactsOnEnergy.org Russian Energy Supply Conflict: Further Evidence Domestic Resources Key To U.S. Energy Security IER urges Congress to focus on America’s oil and natural gas resources in both energy and economic policies WASHINGTON, D.C. —As the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee prepares [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 18, 2008 CONTACT: Brian Kennedy (202) 346-8826 Chris Tucker (202) 346-8825 New IER Video Makes the Economic Case for Developing America’s Vast Energy Resources WASHINGTON – A newly released web-based video launched by the Institute for Energy Research (IER) today lays out a compelling case for why expanding access to affordable [...]

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 November 18, 2008 CONTACT: Brian Kennedy (202) 346-8826 IER Applauds BLM on Final Rule for Shale Development Washington, DC – Daniel Kish, senior vice president of the Institute for Energy Research (IER), issued the following statement applauding The Bureau of Land Management’s final rule to govern commercial oil shale development on federal [...]