Press Releases Archive

IER: New National Poll Reaffirms Mainstream America’s Opposition to Cap-and-Tax

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July 1, 2009
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Laura Henderson, 202.621.2951
Patrick Creighton, 202.621.2947
IER: New National Poll Reaffirms Mainstream America’s Opposition to Cap-and-Tax
Job-Killing Waxman-Markey Bill At Odds With Working-Class, Middle America
WASHINGTON – Thomas J. Pyle, president of the Institute for Energy Research (IER), issued the following statement on Rasmussen’s newly released poll that demonstrates a clear majority of [...]

Bradley: Climate Bill a Public Policy Abomination

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June 30, 2009
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Laura Henderson (202) 621-2951
Patrick Creighton (202) 621-2947
Bradley: Climate Bill a Public Policy Abomination
IER’s Robert Bradley to Testify at Houston Energy Summit
HOUSTON – Institute for Energy Research (IER) CEO Robert Bradley will deliver testimony and answer questions at tomorrow’s Texas Energy Summit, a conference Congressmen Barton, Culberson, Sessions, and Olsen will hold [...]

Landmark Carbon Tax Bill Narrowly Clears U.S. House

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June 26, 2009
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Laura Henderson, 202.621.2951
Patrick Creighton, 202.870.0850
Landmark Carbon Tax Bill Narrowly Clears U.S. House
Job-Killing Cap-and-Trade Will Lead to Less Economic Output, Higher Costs Across the Board
WASHINGTON, DC – Institute for Energy Research (IER) president Thomas J. Pyle issued the following statement today subsequent to House passage of cap-and-trade legislation, a bill that [...]

Renewable Electricity Mandate: Pay More For Less

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June 4 , 2009
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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 [...]

In España, Veritas: Pres. Clinton Concedes Spain’s Green Jobs Program “Has Cost Many Jobs”

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May 27, 2009
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Laura Henderson 202.621.2951
Chris Tucker 202.346.8825
In España, Veritas: Pres. Clinton Concedes Spain’s Green Jobs Program “Has Cost Many Jobs”
Former president channels Prof. Gabriel Calzada in delivering veiled rebuke of Obama’s Spanish-inspired green jobs plan
Washington, DC – Spain’s decade-long program to subsidize the creation and continued existence of so-called green jobs through a [...]

Obama Motors: Costly, Bureaucratic, and Pointless

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May 19, 2009
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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 [...]

Cap and Trade: They Said It

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May 18, 2009
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Laura Henderson (202) 621-2951
Cap and Trade: They Said It
Policymakers Honest About One Thing—This Bill Will Cost a Whole Lot
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: “Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity prices would necessarily skyrocket. . . . Because I’m capping greenhouse gases, coal power plants, natural gas—you name it—whatever the [...]

Finger-Wagging Lawmakers Should Look in the Mirror

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May 13, 2009
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Laura Henderson (202) 621-2951
Finger-Wagging Lawmakers Should Look in the Mirror
Lawmakers pursue policies that raise gas prices, blame refiners
WASHINGTON—As lawmakers in Congress continue to debate costly new energy regulations and taxes and as millions of Americans watch gas prices rise in advance of the Memorial Day holiday, IER president Thomas J. Pyle [...]

ICYMI: Spanish Professor Debunks Green Job Myths

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May 4, 2009
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Chris Tucker (202) 527-0123
ICYMI: Spanish Professor Debunks Green Job Myths
“We Found that [the green] jobs we are creating… are destroying jobs in other parts of the economy”

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Professor Gabriel Calzada, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Fox News’ Glenn Beck Program
May 4, 2009 – 6 minutes 1 second
IER’s studies on [...]

Spanish Prof. Calzada Joins IER Economist Murphy, U.S. Professor Bogart, at Heritage Forum on “Green Jobs”

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May 1, 2009
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Chris Tucker (202) 527-0123
Spanish Prof. Calzada Joins IER Economist Murphy, U.S. Professor Bogart, at Heritage Forum on “Green Jobs”
MONDAY, MAY 4 – 1:00 pm, 214 Mass. Ave. NE, Wash DC
Washington, D.C. – As the new administration continues to cite Spain as a model to be followed in executing an aggressive, government-directed, [...]