March 12, 2010
On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) quietly released their annual report on air quality trends. You would never know it from picking up a newspaper or reading news websites, but the report contains great news. Air quality in the United States has dramatically improved and, according to all indicators, it will continue to improve.
The [...]
December 10, 2009
Washington, DC – Thomas J. Pyle, president of the Institute for Energy Research (IER), issued the following statement in light of the announcement from Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), who vaguely outlined their new global warming legislation earlier today:
“What was offered today was nothing more than more of the [...]
June 4, 2009
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June 4 , 2009
CONTACT:
Laura Henderson
202.621.2951
Patrick Creighton
202.621.2947
Renewable Electricity Mandate: Pay More For Less
WASHINGTON—In advance of a Senate Energy Committee hearing on the renewable electricity mandate (REM), the Institute for Energy Research (IER) released the following fact sheet:
A National REM Would Increase the Cost of Electricity:
Wind and solar electricity are significantly more expensive than [...]
May 19, 2009
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May 19, 2009
CONTACT:
Laura Henderson 202.621.2951
Obama Motors: Costly, Bureaucratic, and Pointless
WASHINGTON—In response to President Obama’s newly introduced mile-per-gallon fuel mandate, Institute for Energy Research President Thomas J. Pyle issued the following statement:
“It is overwhelming to consider the ways this new mandate will harm the American economy. This stealth energy tax will significantly increase [...]
January 26, 2009
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January 26, 2009
CONTACT:
Brian Kennedy (202) 346-8826
Chris Tucker (202) 346-8825
IER: President’s Adoption of California Model on Energy Means Higher Costs, Fewer Jobs for Rest of America
Washington, DC – Institute for Energy Research (IER) president Thomas J. Pyle today issued the following statement on President Obama’s decision to allow carbon regulators in California to saddle [...]
January 13, 2009
GREEN JOBS: Fact or Fiction?
An Assessment of the Literature
January 2009
By Robert Michaels and Robert P. Murphy
Download as PDF
Introduction and Executive Summary
I. Green Recovery, Center for American Progress
II. Job Opportunities for the Green Economy, Political Economy Research Institute
III. Current and Potential Green Jobs in the U.S. Economy, Global Insight
IV. Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, American Solar [...]
December 18, 2008
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December 18, 2008
CONTACT:
Brian Kennedy (202) 346-8826
Chris Tucker (202) 346-8825
IER CEO: Obama Energy Plan Resurrects Malthusian ‘Limits to Growth,’ Enron ‘Green’ Energy Plays
HOUSTON – History warns against the energy plan proposed by President-elect Barack Obama, according to a new book written by the CEO and founder of the Institute for Energy Research.
“The heavy [...]
December 11, 2008
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December 11, 2008
CONTACT: Charlotte Baker
Interviews@FactsOnEnergy.org
IER Encourages CARB to Consider Economic
Implications of AB 32
CARB Charges Staff to Revise Economic Analysis by
December 2009
Washington, DC – This week the California Air Resources Board formally adopted its Scoping Plan for AB 32 that would initiate a series of drastic (if aspirational) cuts to future emissions of [...]
October 22, 2008
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 Contents
CAFE
Advanced Vehicle R&D
Electricity [...]
October 17, 2008
In July, the Environmental Protection Agency announced an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) regulating greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act.[1] This is likely the largest, most far-reaching regulation ever.
The threshold test for EPA to move forward with this far-reaching regulation is whether carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases “endanger human health and [...]