posts tagged as energy production

U.S. Reached Record Energy Consumption in 2018; Fossil Energy Supplied 80 Percent

With a booming economy, the United States consumed a record high of 101.3 quadrillion Btu of energy in 2018--3.5 percent higher than...

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Fossil Fuels Dominate U.S. Energy Production, But Receive a Small Percentage of Federal Fuel Subsidies

At the request of the Secretary of Energy, the Energy Information Administration (EIA), an independent agency of the U.S. Department of Energy, evaluated...

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Why Krugman Botched His Oil Price Prediction

Economist Paul Krugman has been running victory laps for years, claiming that fiscal conservatives made erroneous predictions about inflation and therefore should...

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AEO 2018 Forecasts a Fossil Future and Nearly Flat Carbon Dioxide Emissions

The Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) 2018 projects that fossil fuels will supply 78 percent of the nation’s energy...

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IER Statement on Obama’s Latest National Monument Designations

WASHINGTON – The Institute for Energy Research (IER) opposes today’s decision by President Obama to block off 1.65 million acres of land...

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IER Updates Energy Encyclopedia

Oil & Natural Gas Production Skyrocket; Renewables Lag Behind The Institute for Energy Research released today its updated Energy Encyclopedia, providing an in-depth analysis...

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