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:
At Paris Climate Summit, Who’s Negotiating for World’s Poor?
December 2, 2015
Instead of denying energy access to the least fortunate, UN negotiators should “recognize the vital role that energy provides to human development and the ultimate well-being of millions around the world,”
The Farce of the Paris Climate Summit
November 30, 2015
President Obama has consolidated a deal with officials from the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
India Opening Coal Mines; Will Surpass U.S. in Coal Production
October 13, 2015
The United States is closing coal mines and laying off workers due to onerous EPA regulations that are shuttering coal-fired power plants in this country and keeping modern, more efficient plants from being built.
India Can Triple CO2 Emissions Under New Climate Commitment
October 6, 2015
U.S. consumers will be paying heavily for their electricity in the future due to President Obama’s commitments for this country, despite the fact that our reductions will do practically nothing to decrease temperatures by 2100
EPA Finalizes Costly, Unnecessary Ozone Rule
October 2, 2015
Ozone Rule a Gut Punch to Poor and Middle Class
October 2, 2015
President Obama’s ozone regulation
CATO Carbon Tax Critique, Part 1: The Climate Science
September 29, 2015
Both theory and history show that the case for a U.S. carbon tax is far more dubious than the public has been led to believe.
Wind Capacity Factors Drop on West Coast Due to Poor Wind Speeds
September 28, 2015
California, EIA, Wind, Wind capacity, wind speed, wind turbines
Chinese Government Runs Circles Around Obama
September 25, 2015
Climate Agreement is Good PR for China; Bad Deal for America
Coal Is Still Integral to Many Countries and Regions in the World
September 23, 2015
Rather than support coal’s use in this country, President Obama is instituting onerous regulations that will kill the coal industry domestically and cause electricity prices to skyrocket as he proposed in 2008
Will EPA Protect U.S. Gasoline Consumers?
September 23, 2015
About 40 percent of our nation’s corn is being used to produce ethanol, raising agricultural commodity prices
Even Good Climate News Flipped to Alarmism
September 17, 2015
Since we can’t prove that a climate catastrophe won’t occur, we can come up with formal economic models in which aggressive policies are justified.
IER Submits FOIA Requests For Records on Arctic Exploration
September 17, 2015
DOE’s Dishwasher Regulations Mandate Dishwashers that Don’t Wash Well
September 15, 2015
The proposed rule’s ostensible aim is to enhance energy efficiency and water conservation, but faulty assumptions and data—among other things—cast doubt on DOE’s analysis
The Wealth-Health Connection: Costly Regulations Take Lives
September 14, 2015
There is a well-established causal connection between wealth and health. Costly federal regulations make Americans poorer and thus indirectly lead to more deaths
Hawaii’s Goal—100 Percent Renewables by 2045
ICYMI: Broken Windows and Electricity Generation
September 10, 2015
Destroying valuable power plants increases costs for Americans, even if those costs are hidden and the new power plants appear to some observers to be a sign of economic progress
Obama Climate Agenda Banks on Wishful Wind Growth
September 1, 2015
To work toward the president’s climate agenda, his carbon dioxide regulation requires the wind industry to add more electrical capacity in eight years than the industry added in the previous 118 years
These new ozone regulations proposed by EPA will cause hundreds of counties across the country to be in violation of air laws
Biggest Threat to Alaska’s Economy is President Obama
August 31, 2015
“If ‘alarm bells are ringing’ in Alaska today, as President Obama puts it, it’s because for six years the president has engaged in a deliberate strategy to starve Alaska’s economy
President Obama Doesn’t Know What Free Market Means
August 26, 2015
President Obama’s speech was wrong on many details. He was wrong to suggest that solar (and wind) will reduce electricity rates and save people money
The Fed and Oil Prices
August 24, 2015
In sum, the boom and now crash in oil prices can at least partly be attributed to the Fed’s policy shifts from 2009 – 2014
New Study Re-Evaluates the Social Cost of Carbon
August 22, 2015
Economic Development Makes Life Better
Lesson For EPA: Higher Energy Prices Harm People
August 20, 2015
EPA’s rule will have a devastating effect on American families, destroying millions of jobs and slashing personal incomes. Instead, allowing free markets to keep energy prices low and select reliable generation resources is a better option.
U.S. Climate Deal with China Is No Deal At All
August 20, 2015
About 72 percent of China’s electricity is used to power its manufacturing sector. A large part of its industrial electricity consumption—81 percent—corresponds to heavy industries like shipbuilding
Methane Regs Are About Power, Not Pollution
August 18, 2015
Regulation is EPA’s Latest Effort to Control America’s Energy Production
When It Comes to Climate Change Policy, Follow the Money
August 18, 2015
Americans should realize just how much money is at stake in the upcoming UN climate treaty negotiations in Paris
EPA Goes After Coal Generating States in Final Carbon Plan
August 17, 2015
Carbon rule, Coal, EPA, Obama
Oil, oil exports, Shell
California’s Energy Poverty Economy