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:
“While the boom in production on state and private lands has helped stave off some of the effects of the president’s regulations, the long-term impacts of his policies will be devastating
China Won’t Waste Its Time on Wind Power
April 5, 2016
China is building electric generating plants for its future with heavy permitting and the construction of coal-fired and nuclear power plants
Obama Energy Regulations Abound; But More Yet to Come
April 1, 2016
The United States now leads the world in natural gas production, outranking Russia, due mainly to the advent of hydraulic fracturing in natural gas production
Instead of imposing ever-growing amounts of red tape on productive economic sectors and continuing political favoritism, the U.S. should promote free market policies that enhance economic growth and improve the well-being of American families.
The Climate Change Central Planners
March 29, 2016
The U.S. coal industry is facing troubled times, and our government seems oblivious to the heartaches that it is causing,
To date, the Israeli government has pursued a policy comprising aggressive rhetoric, containment, and minimal action
The Myth of Sustainable Power from Renewables
March 17, 2016
Neither Tasmania not El Hierro are able to provide electric power without using fossil fuels. And, in Tasmania’s case, the institution of a carbon tax in Australia exasperated its energy crisis
President Obama said we couldn’t drill our way to lower gas prices. He was wrong
Obama’s Latest Scheme to Cut Off Access to American Energy
March 10, 2016
“Four years ago, President Obama stated, ‘we can’t just drill our way to lower gas prices,’ a claim that has clearly been proven wrong
Checking In With the Popular Climate Models
March 9, 2016
Skeptics of climate change alarmism who periodically said, “There has been no global warming since 1998…” were telling the truth
Carbon dioixide, Coal, coal moratorium, Department of Interior, federal lands, natural gas, oil, recreation, Sally Jewell
Green Energy Actually Increases U.S. Dependence on Imports
February 29, 2016
China’s dominance may have peaked in 2010 when they controlled about 95 percent of the world’s rare earth production
The Escalating Cost of Electricity
February 25, 2016
Electric rates will continue to escalate as EPA imposes more regulations, such as its regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from power plants
Many Independent Oil Companies Worldwide on the Brink of Bankruptcy
February 19, 2016
Despite the oil companies filing for bankruptcy and laying off workers, President Obama wants a new $10.25 per barrel tax on the oil industry for pie-in-sky transportation proposals
History of Solar Power
February 18, 2016
As a technology that has been around for well over a century, solar power is neither novel nor new
Obama’s New Oil Tax—Dead on Arrival
February 10, 2016
President Obama’s tax on oil to pay for green transportation programs is essentially a second stimulus program to be funded through consumers of petroleum products
Obama Oil Tax Shows True Colors
February 6, 2016
You don’t make it faster, easier, and cheaper to move products by imposing a huge tax on the thing that moves them—oil
Obama Proposes a New Tax on Every American Driver
February 4, 2016
It’s really about taxing the energy they don’t like to make President Obama’s favored energy sources and companies more profitable
Obama Intensifies Attacks on Coal Country
January 22, 2016
Over a quarter of U.S. coal production is now in bankruptcy, trying to reorganize to deal with prices that have fallen 50 percent since 2011
Obama Administration Bankrupting Coal
January 16, 2016
Obama’s Moratorium on Coal Leases is the Shot Heard Round the West
Tesla Fails to Refute IER’s Powerwall Article
January 10, 2016
The reality is that the Tesla Powerwall looks cool, but does not make economic sense.
How Long Does It Take to Pay Off a Tesla Powerwall?
January 5, 2016
With the Obama Administration pushing policies to convert more of our electricity to intermittent renewable sources like wind and solar, it is important that the public understands the costs and tradeoffs from our current system
Coal to Remain Major Global Power Source — Particularly in China
December 22, 2015
China has no intention of sacrificing economic growth by reducing its carbon dioxide emissions
IER Comment on the “Social Cost of Methane”
December 18, 2015
Another important difference between carbon dioxide and methane is that the latter has a shorter atmospheric life
RGGI: A Faulty Model for “Successful” Cap-and-Trade
December 16, 2015
Electricity from existing coal is nearly 3 times more affordable than electricity from new wind turbines and almost half as expensive as electricity from new natural gas plants
On Climate Catastrophe, Show Your Work, Dr. Krugman
December 14, 2015
Over time, the U.S. is going to be less and less influential on future climate outcomes, because its own emissions will be a smaller portion of the global total.
EPA Sets Final Ethanol Levels
December 11, 2015
EPA has finally provided the requirements for biofuels for 2014, 2015, and 2016, though the 2014 and 2015 requirements are years late
While natural gas reserves reached another record in 2014 and oil reserves were the highest since 1972, the technically recoverable resources from which they came are enormous and will continue to supply proved reserves for Americans for decades
Paris Power Ploys
December 4, 2015
Americans should not believe any pundit promising them that if they hold their nose and support a modest carbon tax, then progressives will agree to laissez-faire in the rest of the economy