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UK Jumps the Shark on Nuclear Subsidies
Politicians don't like to admit that they have caved, and so try all sorts of wiggles to make it look otherwise. But let's be clear: even if you call it "Contracts for Difference" inste
...Subsidy Briefs, February 7, 2013
1) Poker, North Dakota style. Using a logic that only an industry trade association could understand, the US state of North Dakota has announced plans to close $50m/yea
...$8.33 billion loan guarantee to Vogtle nuclear units 3 &4: insights from documents forced out by litigation
Three years of freedom of information act (FOIA) requests by the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE), along with a fair bit of litigation when FOIA docs came back mostly black with redactions
...Massachusetts Committee on Ways and Means, 1965
I'm taking a quick break from the world of never-ending subsidies with this post. Just over a week ago, Elizabeth Warren was inaugurated as the first female Senator from Massachusetts.
...State subsidies to fossil fuels: A Review of Colorado, Kentucky, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Wyoming
Earth Track is pleased to release A Review of Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Colorado, Kentucky, Louisiana, Ok
...House Committee on Natural Resource members request unbiased federal study of energy subsidies
Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA), the ranking Democratic member on the House Committee on Natural Resources, along with Rush Holt (D-NJ), yesterday made a http://democrats.naturalresources.hou
...Master Limited Partnerships: exempt from corporate taxation, dominated by oil and gas industry
Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) are a special corporate form, used primarily by natural resource industries. They enable firms to both raise capital on public equity markets and to pay zer
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