FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 13, 2009 CONTACT: Brian Kennedy (202) 346-8826 Chris Tucker (202) 346-8825 Green Lantern: New Study Shines Bright Light on Potential Harm to Economy and Job Losses of Obama’s Green Jobs Plan IER experts Michaels and Murphy find “green jobs” plan would cost our country jobs, increase price Americans pay for their [...]

On Saturday, President-elect Obama announced a public-works spending plan he claims will help the economy. But his nominee for Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Peter Orszag, apparently disagrees with Obama’s plan. In January, when Orszag was the head of the Congressional Budget office, he presided over a report titled Options for Responding [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 8, 2008 CONTACT: Brian Kennedy (202) 346-8826 Chris Tucker (202) 346-8825 New Study Quantifies Economic Stimulus of Conventional Energy Production Findings call into question the veracity of ‘green jobs’ proposals Washington, DC – A study conducted by ICF International and released today by the American Petroleum Institute (API) finds that responsibly [...]

The Wall Street Journal’s “Real Time Economics” blog points out that falling oil prices are a great boon for the economy, dubbing them a “stealth stimulus.” This is something we have been arguing for while—reducing energy costs provide a cost-free stimulus for American industry and consumers. Wall Street Journal reporter Brian Blackstone notes that the [...]

For Immediate Release: Thursday, October 23, 2008 Contact: Trice Whitefield (703) 516-2173 Energy Think Tank Endorses Offshore Drilling as a Cost-Effective Strategy for Boosting U.S. Economy WASHINGTON – Today, the Institute for Energy Research (IER) — a DC-based energy think tank that evaluates public policies in the energy markets — endorsed expediting offshore drilling as [...]