Another erroneous description of the Institute for Energy Research (IER) from a Progressivist ‘hit-piece’ organization. This one comes from SourceWatch of the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), self-described as follows:
The Center for Media and Democracy publishes SourceWatch to track corporations. We provide well-documented information about corporate public relations (PR) campaigns, including corporate front groups, people who “front” corporate campaigns, and PR operations.
This organization instructs readers to “check out the in-depth research from around the world by our partner projects within SourceWatch: Coal Swarm, and FrackSwarm.” But is the entry for IER well researched, up-to-date, and objectively accurate? No, no, and no.
The description (in yellow) follows with my comments/corrections:
The Institute for Energy Research (IER), founded in 1989 from a predecessor non-profit organization registered by Charles G.…
“… we need to change the focus of conversation, and here is where business leaders can take charge. Focus on a 21st century vision for electric power infrastructure, with abundant, cheap and clean electricity. Sell prosperity and thrivability as the motivations for this. Support innovation. Not greenwashing.” (Judith Curry, below)
She is perhaps the most truthful, open-minded, credentialed arbiter in the politicized climate debate. As I have previously stated:
“One plus the truth equals a majority,” the saying goes. This certainly applies to Judith Curry, a distinguished academic and professional climate scientist now retired from Georgia Tech. (For previous posts at MasterResource on Dr. Curry, see here.)
The latest from Dr. Curry comes from her presentation at a conference last week, “Energy and Decarbonization – A New Jersey Business Perspective.”…
“Following prior attempts to preclude private investor participation in the energy sector through Congressional legislation … President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, submitted to the Mexican Congress a Bill to … undo the Constitutional changes that opened the market for private investment and intend to limit/preclude private sector participation.” (Foley & Lardner, below)
“There is a general economic maxim: public (government) resources are really private, owned and exploited by a political elite, while private resources are really public, owned and managed by a multitude. Government-owned resources do not ‘belong to all of the people’ and allow ‘self determination;’ they belong to none or a very few.” (RLB, below)
The independence of Texas from Mexico after the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836 inaugurated the era of private property rights to the subsoil.…