Institute for Energy and Environmental Research

The Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER) is an anti-nuclear {{ cite news | url=https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/0314/Japanese-nuclear-reactor-update-Amid-signs-of-progress-new-problems | title=Japanese nuclear reactor update: Amid signs of progress, new problems | last=Clayton | first=Mark | newspaper=The Christian Science Monitor | date=2011-03-14 | quote="There should be much more attention paid to the spent-fuel pools," says Arjun Makhijani, a nuclear engineer and president of the anti-nuclear power Institute for Energy and Environmental Research. }} {{ cite news | url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Activists-Super-laser-may-bring-tiny-nukes-3079524.php | title=Activists: Super-laser may bring tiny nukes | last=Davidson | first=Keay | newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle | date=1998-07-20 | quote=...says a report by physicist Arjun Makhijani and his colleague Hisham Zerriffi. They work at a leading anti-nuclear think tank, the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research in Takoma Park, Md. }} organization which focuses on the environmental safety of nuclear weapons production, ozone layer depletion, and other issues relating to energy. IEER publishes a variety of books on energy-related issues,{{cite book |author-link=Arjun Makhijani |first=Arjun |last=Makhijani |year=2007 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y_PQg-NvBX0C |title=Carbon-free and nuclear-free: a roadmap for U.S. energy policy |publisher=RDR Books |isbn=9781571431738 }}{{cite book |first=Brice |last=Smith |year=2006 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5HdddXH_1ngC |title=Insurmountable risks: the dangers of using nuclear power to combat global climate change |publisher=RDR Books |isbn=9781571431622 }} conducts workshops for activists on nuclear issues, and sponsors international symposia and educational outreach projects. IEER was established in 1987 and is based in Takoma Park, Maryland.{{cite journal |pmc=1240717 |year=2002 |last1=Dooley |first1=Erin E. |title=Institute for Energy and Environmental Research |journal=Environmental Health Perspectives |volume=110 |issue=1 |pages=A19 }}

Arjun Makhijani is President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research.