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 [...]

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 [...]

It’s been nearly a year since the federal government responded to the will of the American people and retired its decades-old bans on responsible offshore energy exploration.  Unfortunately, one year later, it seems as though that long overdue response was merely a gesture.  In fact, not only are we no closer to tapping those “newly [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 6, 2009 Contact: Patrick Creighton, 202.870.0850 Laura Henderson, 202.621.2951 China, Russia, Cuba, Brazil Advance Robust, Supply-Focused Energy Policy In Washington, Senate panel looks for new ways to ration, constrict American energy Washington, DC – As our chief global competitors continue to expand their access to job-creating, economy-strengthening energy resources, the U.S. [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 21, 2009 Contact: Patrick Creighton, 202.870.0850 Laura Henderson, 202.621.2951 California Drilling: Progress or Economic Self Destruction? Efforts to expand offshore production come with Sacramento’s heavy hand, and a wink and a nod from the enviros Washington, DC – Thomas J. Pyle, President of the Institute for Energy Research (IER), issued the [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 10, 2009 Contact: Laura Henderson, 202.621.2951 Patrick Creighton, 202.621.2947 One Year Later: As Anniversary of Lifting of Offshore Energy Ban Approaches, IER Asks: “Where’s the Energy?” IER joins broad coalition of pro-energy, pro-consumer groups in asking White House, Congress to free American energy WASHINGTON – As the July 14 anniversary of [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 21, 2009 CONTACT: Laura Henderson 202.621.2951 Court Decision Tests Salazar’s Mettle on Offshore Energy Production Interior Secretary holds key to unlock drilling plan from legal morass, but cat holds his tongue WASHINGTON – Institute for Energy Research (IER) president Thomas J. Pyle issued the following statement today in response to a [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 8, 2009 CONTACT: LAURA HENDERSON 202.621.2951 Drumbeat Continues: Administration Enlists Another Soldier for its War on American Energy Production Washington, D.C. – IER President Thomas J. Pyle issued the following statement in response to Secretary Salazar’s appointment of Ned Farquhar – former employee of the most aggressive of all the anti-energy [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 7, 2009 CONTACT: LAURA HENDERSON 202.621.2951 If by “Open,” He Meant “Closed,” Salazar’s OCS Public Review Process is the Most Open We’ve Ever Seen WASHINGTON, D.C. – IER President Thomas J. Pyle today issued the following statement in response to growing concerns surrounding Secretary of Interior Salazar’s increasing efforts to close [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 6, 2009 CONTACT: Laura Henderson 202.621.2951 Hundreds in NJ Turn Out in Support of Offshore Energy Development Interior Department Hearing in Atlantic City Draws New Jersey Taxpayers Clamoring for Jobs, Energy Independence WASHINGTON—Institute for Energy Research (IER) president Thomas J. Pyle issued the following statement today as hundreds packed an Interior [...]