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 [...]

Safe, environmentally sound practice part of the energy solution
WASHINGTON – America’s shale gas resources can play a critical role in securing America’s energy future, members of a key Energy and Commerce subcommittee heard today — but only if the technology needed to produce those resources remains intact and under the regulatory oversight of the states. [...]

Latest round of government handouts to create temporary ‘green’ jobs, line corporate fat-cat pockets
WASHINGTON – Following President Obama’s remarks on “green” jobs and “clean energy technology,” Thomas J. Pyle, president of the market based Institute for Energy Research (IER), issued the following statement on the President’s commitment of $2.3 billion additional taxpayer dollars to further subsidize the wind and [...]

IER Prez: “No Administration In History Has Done More to Ensure Producers Do Less”
WASHINGTON – Earlier today, Interior secretary Ken Salazar outlined a series of changes to federal leasing rules aimed at making it more difficult, expensive, and time-consuming to explore for and produce abundant reserves of American energy on federal, taxpayer-owned land. Subsequent to [...]

Why is President Obama still keeping these resources under lock and key?
Washington, DC – Today, Rasmussen Reports released a poll finding that nearly 70 percent of Americans support responsible offshore energy exploration and production. Thomas J. Pyle, president of the non-partisan Institute for Energy Research (IER), issued this statement:
“The American public understand full-well that energy stability [...]

Govt. report shows fossil fuels to power 78 percent of economy in 2035
Washington, DC – Yesterday, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) — the independent statistical analysis arm of the US Energy Department — issued its Annual Energy Outlook, an evaluation of the United States energy consumption and production for the next 25 years.
“Today’s announcement [...]

Washington, DC – Thomas J. Pyle, president of the Institute for Energy Research (IER), issued the following statement in light of the announcement from Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), who vaguely outlined their new global warming legislation earlier today:
“What was offered today was nothing more than more of the [...]

EPA’s chief lays out new, job-killing federal regulations as her team prepares to jet-set to Copenhagen
Washington, DC – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a formal endangerment finding on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses, claiming that such gases endanger human health and welfare. Thomas J. Pyle, president of the market-based Institute for [...]

Responsible offshore energy exploration could create good-paying jobs, provide $70 billion in annual wages
Washington, DC – Tomorrow, President Obama, business and labor leaders, academics and other elected officials will gather at the White House for a jobs summit. Thomas J. Pyle, president of the Institute for Energy Research (IER), issued the following statement on the [...]

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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 [...]