Institute for Energy Research

The Institute for Energy Research (IER) is a not-for-profit organization that conducts intensive research and analysis on the functions, operations, and government regulation of global energy markets. IER maintains that freely-functioning energy markets provide the most efficient and effective solutions to today’s global energy and environmental challenges and, as such, are critical to the well-being of individuals and society.

Most Recent Articles by Institute for Energy Research:

Deepwater-Gate: Administration Modifies “Peer-Reviewed” Report After it was Reviewed by Scientists June 12, 2010
Politics, not science drove offshore drilling ban, 40K jobs sacrificed, 6-month suspension of deepwater exploratory drilling
White House PR, Political Response Misguided May 27, 2010
Canceling, delaying, banning domestic offshore exploration will increase tanker traffic, foreign imports
The Sun is Shining on Solar Subsidies in California Today May 27, 2010
President Obama, $535 million taxpayer-backed loan guarantee from the stimulus package, Solyndra Inc.
The Greatest Myth of the George W. Bush Presidency May 26, 2010
Bush has a long history of supporting the massive subsidies and government regulations that make wind energy possible
The Department of Special Interests May 26, 2010
Department of Energy, National Renewable Energy Lab, American Wind Energy Association
Categorically Excluding Domestic Energy Production May 26, 2010
One more manifestation of President Obama and Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar's anti-energy agenda.
How High are Your State’s Electricity Prices? May 24, 2010
Your State’s Energy Regulations: Arm Yourself With the Facts
Five Questions for Pres. Obama on Fuel Economy Standards May 21, 2010
Obama, tougher fuel economy standards, EPA
The Never Ending Renewable Energy Handout May 21, 2010
Senate Committee seeks to make renewable energy handout “permanent”
Senator Kerry and Lieberman release their new energy tax bill May 13, 2010
All cap-and-trade bills drive up the cost of energy and harm the economy, explicit gas tax
IER Statement on Kerry-Lieberman Global Warming Bill May 13, 2010
Bill will increase prices at the pump with a gas tax, jack electricity rates with cap-and-trade and ship more American jobs overseas
Wall Street Wins with Cap-and-Trade, Consumers Lose May 12, 2010
Artificially increase the price of coal, oil and natural gas through added legislation and regulation
Myths of Cap-and-Trade and Clean Energy Policies May 11, 2010
Obama Congress are trying to make the American public believe that cap-and-trade and other "clean energy" policies will reduce greenhouse gas emissions while not significantly increasing consumer prices
K[G]L 101: A Glossary of Terms May 11, 2010
Reduce carbon emissions by artificially increasing the price of coal, oil and natural gas
Focus on Cleanup, Not Politics May 8, 2010
Deepwater Horizon accident
Fact Check: Debunking the Energy and Commerce Committee Briefing Memo April 29, 2010
Clean Energy Polices That Reduce Our Dependence on Oil
Salazar Cape Wind Nod a Step in the Right Direction April 29, 2010
Inefficient, Unreliable, and Expensive, but Energy Nonetheless
Two Energy Giants: A Contrast in Approach April 23, 2010
China Setting Records: China Oil Demand, Coal Production and Vehicle Sales Up in 2010
Is Cap-and-Dividend Good for Consumers? April 17, 2010
The Rumored 50% Consumer Rebate, Price collars, Rising energy prices
Tax Day: If it Walks Like a Tax, Talks Like a Tax, and Smells Like a Tax, it’s a Tax April 16, 2010
"Pricing Carbon" is a National Energy Tax that Will Cripple Economic Recovery
Production from Developing Manteo Prospect Offshore North Carolina vs. Equivalent Wind Farm April 15, 2010
Potentially the largest domestic find of conventional natural gas since Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay
Low-Carbon Fuel Standards Would Curb Secure Oil Supplies to US Markets and Increase Gasoline Prices April 14, 2010
No Global Environmental Gain
EPA’s new fuel economy mandates—more job killing regulation April 2, 2010
Why Limit American's Automobile Choices?
Promises Made, Promises Kept: Obama to Bankrupt the Coal Industry April 2, 2010
Made good on healthcare last week, bankrupts the coal industry this week
Obama Energy Announcement: More Imported Oil, Less Domestic Production, Fewer Jobs March 31, 2010
offshore energy exploration and production, huge step backward for America’s energy security
IER Statement on EPA’s “Phase-in” Approach to Carbon Criminalization March 29, 2010
Unelected bureaucrats will criminalize carbon in less than a year
Kyoto’s Clean Development Mechanism: Is It Producing Results? For Whom? March 24, 2010
Credits, Gaming the System, Abuse
IER Releases Top Five Questions for NOAA Chief Ahead of Appropriations Hearing March 16, 2010
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) administrator Jane Lubchenco
The U.S. in the World Race for Clean Electric Generating Capacity March 16, 2010
U.S.-vs.-China race for clean energy
The Air is Getting Cleaner: But the Media are Nowhere to be Seen March 13, 2010
It's tough for the American people to lean to the truth about air quality when the media does not report the good news