Washington, DC – Today, top Obama Administration officials responsible for managing our nation’s vast energy resources will defend the President’s budget proposal, which to paraphrase President Ronald Reagan’s view of government programs, can be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops [...]

The so-called $787 billion “stimulus” package is creating some “green jobs” — this we’re certain. Unfortunately, though, many of these taxpayer-supported jobs are not in the United States. In fact, a billion hard-earned (and borrowed) U.S. tax dollars are being directed to create jobs in China, of all places. Some stimulus, huh?
And at the same [...]

“It is almost impossible to know who is the government and who the lobbyists. They have merged into one single animal with different faces.” – Dr. Gabriel Calzada, Spanish economics professor and researcher
BACKGROUND: Last March, Spanish economics professor Gabriel Calzada published an academic analysis that showed for every green job created in Spain, 2.2 jobs [...]

As energy secretary Steven Chu continues his trip through the Middle East to “discuss a range of energy issues, including energy security,” we ask: What else could have been accomplished by a quick trip to Canada, the U.S.’s largest energy importer and exporter?
Washington, DC – As U.S. secretary of energy Steven Chu continues his [...]

Energy secretary jet-sets to the Middle East to “discuss a range of energy issues, including energy security.”
We ask: Could as much, if not more, have been accomplished by walking 15 blocks to the Interior Dept.?
Washington, DC – Today marks day two of Energy Secretary Steven Chu’s four-day, three-country tour through the Middle East [...]

IER president: “As is the case with the rest of this Administration’s energy proposals, there is a complete and daunting lack of consistency on the issue of nuclear waste and nuclear loan guarantees.”
Washington, DC – In a perceived attempt to lure wary senators toward support of a job-killing cap-and-trade bill that will increase energy costs [...]

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 [...]

Master of His Own Domain: President Declares Government Will Slash Emissions over Next Decade; Isn’t Quite As Clear Who Will Pay For it
Washington, DC – Earlier this morning, President Obama promised that over the next 10 years, the federal government will reduce its carbon emissions by 28 percent – and issued an executive order to [...]

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 [...]

Production of Inefficient Wind Energy Linked to Government Subsidies, Costly Mandates
IER Prez: Picking winners and losers in the market—the cornerstone of this Administration’s energy agenda—is the quickest path to increasing our dependence on imported energy and driving costs up even further.”
Washington, DC – Thomas J. Pyle, president of the non-partisan market-oriented Institute for Energy Research [...]