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Energy Density in the Driver’s Seat Blog Wind

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What is driving U.S. energy policy? One might say Obama, Jackson, Salazar, or even Holdren—or any politician whose visible hand redirects the market’s invisible hand.
But on closer inspection, these folk are really just riding the brakes. The accelerator is…

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IER Releases ‘Hard Facts: An Energy Primer” Press Releases Wind

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WASHINGTON D.C. —  The Institute for Energy Research released today a comprehensive energy primer that assesses the U.S. production and consumption levels of all major sources. Grounded in IER’s free market-based approach to global energy and environmental policy, “Hard Facts:…

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The Dwindling Share of Coal: What Does It Mean? Analysis Coal

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The United States has by far the world’s largest coal reserves. In fact, we have so much coal that just our proven coal reserves would last over 480 years at our current rate of use. But there is a concerted…

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2011 Energy in Review Analysis Wind

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Energy in the United States made some significant achievements in 2011 that may be a turning point for future in-roads, particularly relating to oil and natural gas production. Oil production in 2011 was at its highest level in 8 years,…

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Obama Policies Killing Offshore Coal Industry Press Releases Coal

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WASHINGTON D.C. — A recent report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) further demonstrates the abysmal record of President Obama’s energy policies. Contrary to administration claims that the president’s “all of the above strategy” for energy development is working, the EIA report…

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New EPA GHG Rule is Latest Assault on American Energy Press Releases Coal

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“The Obama agenda seeks to control the way we live, work, and act by controlling the sources of energy we use. This rule gives more power to Obama regulators by giving fewer sources of affordable energy to American consumers.”
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