Inefficient, Unreliable, and Expensive, but Energy Nonetheless WASHINGTON, DC—Institute for Energy Research (IER) president Thomas J. Pyle today released the following statement in response to Secretary of the Interior Salazar’s approval of the Cape Wind project. “It is promising to see that Secretary Salazar has, for this first time in his tenure as Interior Secretary, [...]

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 [...]

While China’s Gross Domestic Product is currently less than half of the United States, China’s economy is expected to exceed the U.S.’s in just 15 years. Unlike the United States, China’s is working to dramatically increase its access to energy, both domestically and abroad. While the Obama Administration pulls back oil and gas leases,[1] halts [...]