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:

Stop Ignoring Obvious Solution to Economic Woes April 1, 2009
With trillion of dollars in resources lying in America’s offshore reserves, experts urge increased access
Running of the Bull: U.S. “Green Jobs” Rhetoric Runs Smack Dab Into Hard Lessons From Spain April 1, 2009
'Green Jobs' Spending Cost Spain Hundreds of Thousands of Real Jobs, Decades in Lost Opportunity
Climate Bill Envisions Future with Less Energy, Fewer Jobs, Worse Economy March 31, 2009
Road to serfdom
Seven Myths About Green Jobs March 31, 2009
Green jobs literature is deeply flawed. Exaggerated, inadequate, or incorrect economic, environmental, and technological assumptions
Erecting Trade Barriers: The Return of Smoot-Hawley March 26, 2009
Restricting free trade in the name of limiting carbon dioxide emissions
Lessons from Exxon Valdez Teach Us That Better Technology, More Production Reduces Chances of Spills March 26, 2009
20 Years Later:
Obama Mobilizes EPA Troops for War on Coal March 26, 2009
Agency to Kill Jobs, Prevent Access to America’s Cheapest, Most Abundant Energy Resource