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:

Oil Prices, Speculators, and the Fed April 29, 2011
Obama: High gas prices, speculators, 'greedy oil companies'
China Plans to Exploit its Shale Gas Resources April 27, 2011
China's Natural Gas Production and Consumption
Chickens are Coming Home to Roost for Obama Energy Plan April 27, 2011
Obama's record: Seeking higher taxes on energy and stopping energy production wherever possible
Obama Pushing Hard For Higher Energy Taxes April 26, 2011
President Obama is not targeting the cash subsidies that his politically-favored 'green' companies receive
The Administration’s War on Affordable Energy is Being Paid at the Pump April 25, 2011
Obama Administration is actively shutting down domestic oil production
Energy Policy: Atlas Can Shrug April 23, 2011
Offshore production has dropped significantly in response to the Interior Department’s guilty-until-proven-innocent lease policy
One Year Later, Gulf is Still Hurting April 20, 2011
Economic Devastation, Hear first-hand how the moratorium and ‘permitorium’ are affecting people
Administration actions designed to increase the cost and reliability of energy April 20, 2011
Cap and Trade, Legislation, Cancelled Permits, Moritoriums, Red Tape
IER Presents the American Energy Act April 20, 2011
Put the United States back in charge of its own energy destiny and improve our energy security
Will Fuel Economy Mandates Increase Car Company Profits? April 20, 2011
The Ceres/Citi Report, CAFE Mandates Kill
Hearing on The American Energy Initiative April 19, 2011
Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power Committee on Energy and commerce
The Significance of Spare Oil Capacity April 14, 2011
Oil Flirting With Previous Highs, The Danger of Disruption
A Majority of the House and Senate Vote to Limit EPA’s Regulations April 13, 2011
Environmental Protection Agency,
Bay of Oil? April 11, 2011
Well Mr. President, which is it? Are we ceasing our domestic drilling or are we breaking our dependence on foreign oil?
Renewables Supporters Miss the Point of Scotland Study April 6, 2011
The Verso Study: Each renewable job “created” in Scotland as the result of government support came at the expense of 3.7 jobs elsewhere in the economy
Field Of Dreams Economics April 2, 2011
President Continues to Believe That 'If You Mandate It, They Will Come'
The Green Regulation Machine April 2, 2011
Saving the Planet or Killing Jobs?
Obama Needs to go Back to Energy School April 2, 2011
Obama on Oil Production: Raising Costs Leads to Increased Output, More Nonsense on Biofuels
Secretary Salazar Discovers That Sun Doesn’t Shine At Night March 31, 2011
Obama Administration is misleading the American people
Old Whine in New Bottles March 30, 2011
President Obama unveiled his new energy plan to decrease America’s imports of oil by one third over the next ten years
EPA Pushes Ethanol on American Consumers March 28, 2011
15 percent blend of ethanol into the gasoline mix
Ending Permitorium Could Lower Oil Prices More Than Reducing SPR March 25, 2011
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Drill, Drill, Drill (but only in Brazil) March 25, 2011
President Obama making the case for offshore oil development in Brazil while the Gulf of Mexico remains in limbo
The Obama Administration Is Slowly Reissuing Offshore Drilling Permits March 23, 2011
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement
Japan’s Nuclear Accident has Some Countries Reviewing Nuclear Plant Safety March 22, 2011
Technology Costs for New Nuclear Capacity
The Oil From Ipanema March 21, 2011
President Obama is touting the benefits of increased oil exploration and production . . . in Brazil
It’s Deja vu All Over Again March 11, 2011
Politicians Pontificate Policies That Pump Up Prices
Mr. President, Stop Misleading the American People March 11, 2011
President Spins While the Price at the Pump Continues to Climb
Tilting at Turbines March 11, 2011
Our friends at Reason.TV interview IER Senior Fellow Robert Micheals on renewables and renewable subsidies
Obama Administration Pushes Electric Vehicles March 11, 2011
Obama Administration's goal of one million electric vehicles on the road by 2015