Robert P. Murphy
Murphy and the Institute for Energy Research
Murphy is listed as an economist for a Houston, Texas-based think tank called the Institute for Energy Research (IER). The IER has received over $200,000 in funding from oil-giant ExxonMobil.
The IER has strong links to other well-known industry-friendly organizations.
Robert Bradley, the president of IER, is listed as an "Adjunct Scholar" for the Cato Institute and an "Expert" for the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Listed on the IER website are Marlo Lewis of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Jerry Taylor of the Cato Institute, Tom Tanton of the Pacific Research Institute and Joel Schwartz of the American Enterprise Institute. Combined, these organizations have received over $4.5 million in funding from ExxonMobil since 1998.
Of the six listed IER Board of Directors, two are directly affiliated with IER, one is with the American Enterprise Institute and three are involved in the energy sector.
The IER operates a second site called Facts On Energy.
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