Earth Track Document
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
...Review of Documents Pertaining to Department of Energy Conditional Loan Guarantees for Vogtle 3 & 4
Hundreds of documents released from DOE under a Freedom of Information Request and subsequent litigation shed new light onto DOE's management of an $8.33 billion loan guarantee on offer to support
Viewpoint: Congressman Fred Upton to be applauded for reviewing fossil fuel subsidies
As a researcher, and a as co-director of watchdog group that have both worked to draw attention to the significant subsidies and tax breaks that are lavished on the fossil fuel industry, we are e
Energy Subsidies: Political Drivers and Options for Better Targeting
Presentation at the 124th Annual Meeting of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners for a panel entitled "How Should Subsidies be Crafted to Ensure Usefulness as an Effective T
A Review of Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Colorado, Kentucky, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Wyoming
Although data on fossil fuel subsidies around the world have been growing, most of this information focuses on national level policies. The thousands of subsidies at the state, provincial o
Counting with Mitt: A Review of Energy Subsidies and the Romney Campaign
Despite a stated commitment to using market forces, the Romney campaign is turning a blind eye to large and distortionary subsidies to conventional fuels. This review highlights problems with
An Introduction to Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Webinar slides prepared for the Vote Solar Initiative to provide an overview of fossil fuel subsidies. The presentation discusses the informational gaps that often plague numbers on fossil fu
Table 2: Subsidy Definitions Vary by Country, Lead to Gaps in Reporting and Reform Commitments
Table summarizing the ways G20 member countries have defined reportable subsidies to fossil fuels, and the gaps these definitions open up to missing entire classes of government support to the foss
Phasing Out Fossil-Fuel Subsidies in the G20: A Progress Update
In this, our second review of progress in meeting this phase out commitment (an earlier
Irrational Exemption: Tar sands pipeline subsidies and why they must end
For the past decade imports of tar sands crude oil or bitumen have been increasing.
