Institute for Energy Research

Institute for Energy Research

The Institute for Energy Research (IER), a Houston, TX based public foundation, was founded in 1989 from a predecessor organization.cite web
url=http://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/about-us/
title=Institute for Energy Research - About us
] The IER conducts research and analysis on the functions, operations, and government regulation of global energy markets. The group promotes free-market energy and environmental policy. [cite web
url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/washington/19drill.html?hp=&pagewanted=print
title=Bush Calls for End to Ban on Offshore Oil Drilling
author=Sheryl Gay Stolberg
date=2008-06-19
accessdate=2008-10-05
]

IER is a tax-exempt public foundation and is funded entirely by tax deductible contributions from individuals, foundations and corporations. No financial support is sought for or accepted from the government. Among its key contributors is Exxon Mobil Corporation [cite web
url=http://www.exxonmobil.com/Corporate/files/gcr_contributions_public07.pdf
title=Exxon Mobil Corporation - 2007 Worldwide Contributions and Community Investments
]

ee also

*Robert L. Bradley, Jr.
*Robert P. Murphy

References

External references

*cite web
url=http://factsonenergy.com/
title="Facts" on Energy, A project of the Institute for Energy Research


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