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:
It is inherently suspect for attorneys general to accept financial support from private sources to pursue policy outcomes desired by those sources
Climate Alarmists Eschew Alarmism
July 22, 2020
It’s all confusing. Needless to say, it’s not easy selling “green” against superior arguments and conventional energies.
COVID, Climate, and Biden
July 15, 2020
Abusing a crisis (real or perceived) for political advantage is an old and sorry story
Biden Will Increase Energy Costs for Americans
July 10, 2020
Americans should be aware of what the Australians went through a decade ago and what Canadians are facing today
A Global Green New Deal: IEA’s “Great Reset” Plan
July 1, 2020
The United States should consider withdrawing its membership from the politicized IEA. This advocacy group, handmaiden to the Paris Climate Accord, does not need the U.S.'s money and imprimatur. The world, and particularly the U.S., needs a better en
Americans need affordable and abundant natural gas to heat their homes and to generate electricity
Natural gas demand is increasing and its supply is being held captive because environmentalists and politicians do not want to allow their residents to have access to low cost and plentiful natural gas supposedly due to climate change
Arkansas Net Metering Order Issued
June 26, 2020
This net metering policy and others like it make it likely that more will be installed in the future, harming the overall health of the grid
Biden Will Revoke Keystone XL Pipeline Permit
June 2, 2020
Pipelines are Safe and Less Expensive than Rail
production tax credit also obscures the true cost of generating electricity by forcing tax payers to subsidize it
All of this legislation was passed during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, and received scant attention
We Disagree with You, So Shut Up
May 2, 2020
The Planet of the Humans
Biden supports policies that would make the United States more dependent on foreign oil again by banning oil production on federal lands and in offshore areas as well as banning fracking
Judging by the success of neighboring Pennsylvania, New York is hurting its economy and whole parts of the state by banning hydraulic fracturing, which would allow it to produce the natural gas that the state consumes for heating, electricity generat
Offshore Oil Drilling Safer Now Due to Industry Actions
April 24, 2020
In the past decade, there has not been another major offshore oil spill in the United States like the Deepwater Horizon event
Around the country, companies are helping support front line workers in their quest to fight the coronavirus outbreak in the United States
Americans are blessed to have industrial giants and ample energy of all kinds during the current coronavirus crisis
Plastic bans at a time of a National Emergency make little practical sense, when plastics are so vital to our national and public health
Many U.S. owners/operators of planned new solar and wind installations are concerned that they will miss important deadlines for federal tax credits
California’s Natural Gas to Electric Future
March 16, 2020
California is moving toward an all-electric building sector, as several cities and other areas have banned natural gas use in most new buildings
Overall, many of these "climate change mitigation" and "climate justice" grants seek to increase the power of government, rather than manage negative climate outcomes
With an increasing dependence on wind-generated electricity and the ever-growing size of the turbines, the issue of waste from wind turbines is significant and evolving
Texas is the United States’ Number One Natural Gas Producer
February 12, 2020
The Texas-led shale revolution is helping to strengthen America's position as a global leader, cutting the trade deficit and generating billions of dollars in economic benefits for the state
U.S. Coal-Fired Power Plants Continue to Retire
February 11, 2020
Natural gas overtook coal as the leading fuel for U.S. electric generation
Germany Will Pay Its Utilities to Phase Out Coal
February 4, 2020
Germans will have to change their lifestyles, cutting back on holidays and paying a real price to master the challenge of climate change
Without the affordable, readily available energy we now have, much of the modern lifestyle would be deleteriously impacted
Dirty Secrets About the CLEAN Future Act
January 24, 2020
The so-called CLEAN Future Act is as poorly designed as its acronym. Like the Green New Deal, it consists of radical new spending proposals
Banning production on federal lands would curtail jobs and revenue in states that are prospering from energy production
On the Climate Road to Serfdom
January 19, 2020
The alarmists are just about out of tricks in their quixotic quest to substitute inferior, stifling energies for better ones—and give government carte blanche in the process
Under this regional cap-and-trade plan for the transportation sector, drivers will pay more at the pump through higher prices for gasoline and diese