Robert Bryce is a senior fellow with the Center for Energy Policy and the Environment at the Manhattan Institute. He has written about the energy business for two decades. His articles on energy and other subjects have appeared in numerous publications ranging from The Wall Street Journal to The Nation and The Atlantic Monthly to The Washington Post.

Bryce’s first book, Pipe Dreams: Greed, Ego, and the Death of Enron, was named one of the best nonfiction books of 2002 by Publishers Weekly. In 2004, he published Cronies: Oil, The Bushes, and the Rise of Texas, “America’s Superstate.” In 2008, he published Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of “Energy Independence.” A review of Gusher of Lies in the New York Times called Bryce “something of a visionary and perhaps even a revolutionary.” His fourth book, Power Hungry: The Myths of “Green” Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future, was published in April 2010 by PublicAffairs.

An experienced and engaging public speaker, Bryce has spoken to numerous professional and civic groups including the Houston World Affairs Council, American Petroleum Institute, National Association of Attorneys General, and the Bruno Leoni Institute in Rome. He has lectured at universities including the University of Tulsa, University of North Carolina, National Defense University, St. Edwards University, and the University of Texas. He also appears regularly on television and radio programs ranging from the BBC and CNN to PBS and NPR.

Bryce received his B.F.A. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1986. Since 2005, he has served as the managing editor of Energy Tribune, an online publication that focuses on the global energy sector. An apiarist, he lives in Austin, with his wife, Lorin, and their three children, Mary, Michael, and Jacob.

Select Media

• Power Lunch, CNBC, 7-29-10
• The Willis Report, Fox Business Network, 6-29-10
• Varney & Co, Fox Business Network,6-23-10
• Fox News Ch 26, 6-15-10
• The Willis Report, Fox Business Network, 6-08-10
• The Call, CNBC, 06-07-10
• C-SPAN Book TV, 01-23-10, 01-24-10, 02-14-10, 02-19-10, 4-18-10, 4-19-10
• Daytime, Fox Business, 4-28-10
• On Point, WBUR, 4-27-10
• The Takeaway, NPR, 4-23-10
• Mancow, Talk Radio Network, 4-7-10
• Varney & Co, Fox Business, 4-1-10
• Dylan Ratigan Show, MSNBC, 3-31-10

Articles/Op-eds

• Wind Energy Gets Huge Subsidies. So Where Are The CO2 Reductions?, Energy Tribune, 08-27-10
• Drilling Moratorium Hurts U.S., Helps Brazil, Washington Examiner, 08-25-10
• Wind Power Won't Cool Down the Planet, Wall Street Journal, 08-23-10
• Blown in the Wind, Slate, 08-16-10
• Death of A Gentleman: Matthew Simmons Dead at 67, Energy Tribune, 08-09-10
• The Electric Car Boondoggle, The Daily Beast, 07-30-10
• Ethanol Opponents Launch Counterattack, Energy Tribune, 07-29-10
• Scalped! Why An Expansion Of The Ethanol Scam May Ruin Your Lawnmower, Energy Tribune, 07-05-10
• Jon Stewart Vivisects “Energy Independence”, Energy Tribune, 06-29-10
• Enron's Ken Lay and BP's Tony Hayward: Paid to Be Reckless, The Daily Beast, 06-25-10
• Beyond Pathetic: BP’s Sorry Safety Record, A Look Back at 2005, Energy Tribune, 06-24-10
• Addicted to Prosperity, Energy Tribune, 06-18-10
• Enemies of the Corn: The Ethanol Scammers Produce a Top Ten Enemies List, Energy Tribune, 06-15-10
• Bechtel and B&W Team Up On Modular Reactors, Energy Tribune, 06-14-10
• The Deepwater Horizon Blowout: Losers and Winners, Energy Tribune, 06-10-10
• The Ethanol Trap, Slate, 06-10-10
• China’s Excessive Refinery Capacity, Energy Tribune, 06-03-10
• The Top Kill: "It will surprise no one if it doesn't work", Energy Tribune, 05-27-10
• The Blowout And Our Addiction To Prosperity, Washington Examiner, 05-26-10
• A Short Lesson In Scale (and Global Power Demand), Energy Tribune, 05-24-10
• A Bad Bet on Carbon, The New York Times, 05-12-10
• The Real Problem With Renewables, Forbes.com, 05-11-10
• The Next Spill Victim: Your Car, The Daily Beast, 05-05-10
• Seven Thoughts on The Deepwater Horizon Disaster, Energy Tribune, 05-03-10
• Five Myths About Green Energy, Washington Post, 04-25-10
• Risky Business, Energy Tribune, 04-23-10
• Cleaning Up Oil's Reputation, Wall Street Journal, 04-23-10
• Dig More Coal. The iPad is Coming, Energy Tribune, 04-12-10
• The Brewing Tempest Over Wind Power, Wall Street Journal, 03-02-10
• Windmills Are Killing Our Birds, Wall Street Journal, 09-07-09
• So Much for 'Energy Independence', Wall Street Journal, 07-07-09
• Let's Get Real About Renewable Energy, Wall Street Journal, 03-05-09

Books

• Power Hungry: The Myths of "Green" Energy, and the Real Fuels of the Future (PublicAffairs, April 27, 2010)
• Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of Energy Independence (PublicAffairs, March 4, 2008)