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IER sets the record straight on Obama Admin energy leasing program

Washington, DC – Yesterday afternoon Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar held a press conference to defend the Administration’s energy leasing program and to announce the 2010 onshore leasing schedule. The Institute for Energy Research released the following fact [...]

Obama Administration’s first year in office worst on record
for homegrown energy development
Washington, DC – Earlier today, the Interior Department announced that new energy development leases on certain federal lands will be considered in 2010. While Secretary Salazar says that “oil, gas and coal will continue to play an important role in our energy mix,” the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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, [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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, [...]