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Obama Admin Delays Atlantic OCS Development until at Least 2014, Will Congress Force Interior’s Hand?

February 12, 2010

Washington, DC – Following up on the Interior Department’s recent announcement that lease terms in the Gulf will be dramatically shortened, a letter from the agency made public today suggests that Sec. Salazar is well on his way to ensuring that no offshore energy exploration can take place in the Atlantic until at least 2014 [...]

Drill Gate: Obama Administration Ignores American People, Enacts De-Facto Ban on New Offshore Energy Exploration and Production

February 12, 2010

One of the most disappointing aspects of the Obama Administration’s domestic policy has been the way it has dealt with domestic energy production – in particular new offshore energy production. It took oil prices reaching $147 a barrel for President Bush to tear up the moratorium on offshore energy production, but at least when he [...]

Mr. President, Don’t Forget About America’s Job-Creating Energy Resources

January 27, 2010

IER calls on the administration to unlock taxpayer-owned energy resources

IER President: “Americans need jobs and America needs fuel to drive economic growth and prosperity. Increasing domestic energy production is a common sense solution embraced by a clear majority of Americans”

Washington, DC – Today, one in 10 Americans are out of work. However, the Obama Administration has [...]

$135,295 per Job: Obama Announces $2.3 Billion to Create 17K Green Jobs

January 8, 2010

Latest round of government handouts to create temporary ‘green’ jobs, line corporate fat-cat pockets
WASHINGTON – Following President Obama’s remarks on “green” jobs and “clean energy technology,” Thomas J. Pyle, president of the market based Institute for Energy Research (IER), issued the following statement on the President’s commitment of $2.3 billion additional taxpayer dollars to further subsidize the wind and [...]

New Poll: Nearly 7 in 10 Americans Favor Offshore Energy Development

December 16, 2009

Why is President Obama still keeping these resources under lock and key?
Washington, DC – Today, Rasmussen Reports released a poll finding that nearly 70 percent of Americans support responsible offshore energy exploration and production. Thomas J. Pyle, president of the non-partisan Institute for Energy Research (IER), issued this statement:
“The American public understand full-well that energy stability [...]

1.2 Million Energy Jobs Available, Will Obama Admin. Open OCS for Business?

December 2, 2009

Responsible offshore energy exploration could create good-paying jobs, provide $70 billion in annual wages
Washington, DC – Tomorrow, President Obama, business and labor leaders, academics and other elected officials will gather at the White House for a jobs summit. Thomas J. Pyle, president of the Institute for Energy Research (IER), issued the following statement on the [...]

Actions Speak Louder Than Words on Domestic Energy Production

November 24, 2009

Obama Administration Breaks (non) Leasing Records, Presents a Clear and Present Danger To U.S. Energy Security
“Oil and natural gas are, and will remain for many years to come, a cornerstone of our nation’s energy base.” -Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, March 19, 2009.
The Department of Interior recently issued a press release that stated, “Since January [...]

IER: Technology, Innovation Remains Key to Safe, Increased Offshore Energy Development

November 19, 2009

Senate panel examines on offshore environmental stewardship; Should focus on unlocking job-creating homegrown energy

Washington, DC – Offshore energy exploration and production in the United States is safe and environmentally sound. Over the past 50 years, the U.S. oil and gas industry has developed innovative, 21st century technologies and exploration techniques that are efficient, pose little [...]

Facts Are Stubborn Things

November 12, 2009

Last week the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee voted 11-1 to pass the Kerry-Boxer cap-and-trade energy tax.   Some of the Committee’s members wanted to delay that vote until the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) conducts a complete economic analysis of the bill’s expected costs to American consumers and the nation’s economy, but Committee Chairman Barbara [...]

REJECTED: High Court Denies Government Request to Hear Offshore Royalty Case

October 5, 2009

Washington, DC – Thomas J. Pyle, president of the Institute for Energy Research (IER), issued the following statement today on news that the Supreme Court has rejected an Interior Department request to reconsider a lower court ruling regarding oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico:
“It doesn’t take an advanced legal mind to interpret [...]

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