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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has decided that the sulfur content of gasoline must be further reduced from 30 parts per million to 10 parts per million on an annual average basis by January 1, 2017.  This will …

WASHINGTON D.C. – The Internal Revenue Service announced yesterday that the federal Production Tax Credit for wind will increase in 2013 at a cost of $545 million dollars to U.S. taxpayers. In recent days, the White House released details about …

WASHINGTON, D.C. – IER State and Regulatory Affairs Director Dan Simmons published an op-ed in U.S. News & World Report titled, How Taxpayer Money Gets Lost in the Wind. In the piece, Simmons dissects a recent study from the Government …

WASHINGTON D.C. — The Internal Revenue Service announced today that it would increase the value of the wind Production Tax Credit from 2.2 cents per kilowatt-hour to 2.3 cents per kilowatt-hour, a change that increases the taxpayer cost by more …

According to the Organization for Energy Cooperation and Development (OECD), China will become the world’s largest economy by 2016, surpassing the United States. The OECD sees China’s economy growing at 8 percent over this decade assuming its current rate of …

President Obama recently nominated Gina McCarthy to replace Lisa Jackson as Administrator for the federal Environmental Protection Agency. For the duration of the Obama administration, Gina McCarthy has been the top regulator in the Office of Air and Radiation. In …

WASHINGTON D.C. — As lawmakers prepare for coming discussions about the best way to fund the federal government’s behemoth transportation and infrastructure legislation, a recent study by the Institute for Energy Research could provide a significant negotiating point for congressional …

On March, 13, 2013, the Institute for Energy Research (IER) participated in a hearing before the energy panel of the House Committee on Space, Science, and Technology. IER Distinguished Senior Fellow Mary Hutzler testified alongside other experts to discuss federal …

WASHINGTON D.C. — IER President Thomas Pyle sent letters to all 50 U.S. governors this week, detailing how pro-growth policies for energy development on federal lands could redound to the economic prosperity of their states.

The letters represent the next …

This week, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources released the responses of Sally Jewell, President Obama’s nominee to succeed Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, tomore than 200 questions submitted by members of the United States Senate. The Institute …

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About 10 percent of the ethanol plants in the United States have stopped production because of decreasing demand for gasoline, and high corn prices generated by last summer’s drought and the increasing federal ethanol mandates required by law. Between 2007 …

WASHINGTON D.C. — IER Director of Regulatory and State Affairs Daniel Simmons will testify at 11:00AM ET today before the Ohio Senate Public Utilities Committee. In his role at IER, Simmons oversees energy research and outreach at the state level. …

WASHINGTON D.C. — IER Director of Regulatory and State Affairs Daniel Simmons will testify on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 9:30AM ET before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, chaired by Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ). The …

WASHINGTON D.C. — IER Distinguished Senior Fellow Mary Hutzler will testify today before the before the House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Energy. Hutzler will discuss the market distortions and other problems caused by federal energy subsidies. The transcript …

WASHINGTON D.C. — IER Distinguished Senior Fellow and former acting EIA administrator Mary Hutzler will testify on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 3:00PM before the House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Energy, chaired by Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) The …

WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Senator David Vitter (R-La.) released today the latest evidence gathered from an ongoing congressional investigation into improper and potentially illegal activities by senior officials at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In today’s release, Vitter provides copies …

WASHINGTON D.C. — The Institute for Energy Research continues to be a driving force behind sensible, pro-growth energy policies. As Congress considers ways to end failed energy subsidies that waste taxpayer money while seeking new revenues to fill budget deficits, …