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IMF releases new data on global petroleum product subsidies

dkoplow — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:31:34 -0800

David Coady and his team at the IMF have just released an update on estimated global subsidies to

Growth Energy: Hear no subsidy, see no subsidy

dkoplow — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:07:40 -0800

Subsidy recipients rarely admit their government largesse is a subsidy rather than some sort of altruistic investment they've reluctantly agreed to accept on behalf of their good work for the commo

Boyden Gray: Indirect land use impacts from biofuels just "flat wrong"

dkoplow — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:13:49 -0800

It has been a banner couple of weeks for the ethanol industry. To my inbox come their daily proclamations and jubilations over a reprieve they have been given in a recent US EPA analysis of G

Vetting the incentive alignment in large scale federal energy lending programs

dkoplow — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:57:06 -0800

I've just posted the slides from a presentation I gave at the New America Foundation in December.&nbs

Does the Obama budget proposal really eliminate fossil fuel subsidies?

dkoplow — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:16:14 -0800

After my last post on the new subsidies to nuclear power, inquiries have started to c

Obama "deficit control" plan triples nuclear loan guarantees to $56.5 billion

dkoplow — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:53:43 -0800

With federal guarantees already on the table for up to 100% of project debt for new reactors ($18.5 billion) and front-end enrichment investments ($2 billion), the Obama administration's decision t

CNN Stimulus Tracker: "Stealth" subsidies dominate

dkoplow — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:55:53 -0800

Check out CNN's Stimulus "Big Bang", a graphical representation of federal stimulus spending over

Pete Domenici: Subsidy Slayer

dkoplow — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:27:03 -0800

When I think of former Senator Pete Domenici, the first thing that pops into my mind is his long-standing, unwavering, and open-checkbooked support for nuclear power. A http://www.ms

US nuclear lobbying: $600 million even before the recent "corporate free speech" court ruling

dkoplow — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:25:42 -0800

Judy Pasternak summarizes a sobering review of lob

This can't be good for subsidy reform

dkoplow — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:56:15 -0800

The US Supreme Court has just greatly loosened the restrictions on spending corporate cash on political candidates and