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Hydraulic fracturing fluid is nearly 99.5% water and sand.
Biofuel for Navy's "Great Green Fleet" costs around $12 million.
Fracking has been used for over 60 years, with 1.2 million wells drilled in the U.S.
Coal generates nearly 42% of the electricity in the U.S.
A study conducted in 2009 found that for every 1 “green” job that Spain created, 2.2 jobs were destroyed elsewhere.

IER Director of Regulatory and State Affairs Daniel Simmons will testify on Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 1:00PM before the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Healthcare, and Entitlements. The hearing is on “The Effects of Rising Energy Costs on American Families and Employers.” Simmons’s testimony will focus on the various components of gasoline prices and how regulations and supply issues affect these components. Highlights from …

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Published // February 13, 2013
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drilling permit, energy costs, federal lands, gas, gas prices, oil, refineries, regulations, taxes

Interior Prioritizes Renewable Energy Permits, Delays Oil and Gas Oil and Natural Gas

In a study released last week, Dr. Joseph Mason of LSU demonstrated the vast economic benefits of opening up federal lands to oil and gas development: 500,000 new jobs a year and more than $30 billion a year in federal, state, and local tax revenue over the next seven years alone. That’s just for starters. The study also shows that opening new federal lands to oil and gas production will …

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Published // February 13, 2013
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Bureau of Labor Management, Department of Interior, drilling permits, federal lands, gas, Manteo Prospect, oil, renewable energy

IER President Thomas Pyle Responds to State of the Union Press Releases Wind

WASHINGTON D.C. — IER President Thomas Pyle released the following statement in response to President Obama’s State of the Union address, given tonight before a joint session of the United States Congress:

“Tonight, the president affirmed the renaissance in American manufacturing and recognized the promise of American energy. Yet he seems to misunderstand the reason that manufacturing jobs are coming back to America and why domestic oil and natural gas …

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Published // February 12, 2013
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Barack Obama, CBO, climate change, federal lands, GDP, State of the Union

Prebuttal to the State of the Union Address Press Releases

Tonight President Obama will give his fifth State of the Union address, and the first of his second term. Among the topics the President is widely reported to discuss tonight are climate change, renewable energy, and various administration programs to spur economic growth and job creation. The Institute for Energy Research provides the following reading list to address claims the President may make about these topics:

Beyond the Congressional Budget …

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