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 [...]

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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September 16, 2009
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Patrick Creighton, 202.870.0850
Laura Henderson, 202.621.2951
IER: Rahall Bill a Continuation of Failed Energy Policies From Washington
‘Energy’ hearing to focus on extending de facto offshore energy production ban,
New bill will increase foreign energy dependence
Washington, DC – Prior to part one of a two-day hearing on H.R. 3534, The Consolidated Land, Energy, [...]

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August 26, 2009
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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 [...]

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August 6, 2009
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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. Senate Environment Committee held another [...]

Since he took office, Secretary of Interior Salazar has aggressively limited domestic energy production from efficient sources of energy. He revoked oil and gas leases in Utah, delayed taking action to open up additional areas for offshore energy development, and halted a program to allow commercial oil shale leasing. All of these programs would have [...]

People, personalities, policies, drapes–just a few of the things the American people have come to expect will change from year to year, and from administration to administration, depending on the philosophy, interest and artistic sensibility of the chief executive.
Here’s what’s not supposed to change: the facts of existence, and the substance of the truth. Unfortunately, [...]

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July 24, 2009
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Patrick Creighton, 202.870.0850
Laura Henderson, 202.621.2951
Biden Promotes Free-Market Energy Principles Abroad
Will He Check Those Beliefs on Air Force Two?
Washington, DC – Vice President Joe Biden recently told Ukrainian officials how they could strengthen their country by altering their energy policies. Ironically, Biden’s message dovetails perfectly with what the Institute for [...]

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July 21, 2009
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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 following statement today regarding California’s ongoing [...]

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July 8, 2009
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Laura Henderson, 202.621.2951
Patrick Creighton, 202.621.2947
Supply, Not Speculation, Responsible For Volatile Energy Prices
Latest CFTC Action a Diversion from the Real Cause, Supply and Demand
WASHINGTON – This week, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) unveiled a new plan for government takeover of how energy commodities are traded, valued and sold. In response [...]