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:
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
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
Obama, tougher fuel economy standards, EPA
The Never Ending Renewable Energy Handout
May 21, 2010
Senate Committee seeks to make renewable energy handout “permanent”
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
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
"Pricing Carbon" is a National Energy Tax that Will Cripple Economic Recovery
Potentially the largest domestic find of conventional natural gas since Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay
No Global Environmental Gain
Why Limit American's Automobile Choices?
Made good on healthcare last week, bankrupts the coal industry this week
offshore energy exploration and production, huge step backward for America’s energy security
Unelected bureaucrats will criminalize carbon in less than a year
Credits, Gaming the System, Abuse
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) administrator Jane Lubchenco
U.S.-vs.-China race for clean energy
It's tough for the American people to lean to the truth about air quality when the media does not report the good news