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EIA Energy Subsidy Estimates: A Review of Assumptions and Omissions

This Review provides the most detailed look to date at gaps in federal tracking of energy subsidies.  In addition to evaluating the research approach used by the US

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Are electric car subsidies a good idea?

We all remember the Indiana Jones movie, where Evil Nazi Guy picks the wrong Holy Grail? Histori ...

US looks ahead after ethanol subsidy expires

Doug Koplow of the policy consulting firm Earth Track said that the mandate is effectively anoth ...

Full cost accounting for the life cycle of coal

Each stage in the life cycle of coal—extraction, transport, processing, and combustion—genera ...

Pennsylvania Fossil Fuel Subsidies: An Overview

Pennsylvania is subsidizing fossil fuels at a cost of almost $2.9 billion per year.  Use of ...

What Would Jefferson Do? The Historical Role of Federal Subsidies in Shaping America’s Energy Future

Using data culled from the academic literature, government documents, and NGO sources, in this pa ...

2007 Comments from Six Major US Banks on DOE's Title 17 Energy Loan Guarantee Program

"The six financial institutions below (Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, ...

Biomass Electricity: Clean Energy Subsidies for a Dirty Industry

American taxpayers and ratepayers are subsidizing a form of “renewable” energy—biomass elec ...

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