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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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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

Geographic Coverage: 
USA
Georgia
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Vogtle
nuclear subsidies
title 17
loan guarantees
Solyndra
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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

Geographic Coverage: 
USA
Michigan
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subsidy reform
Fred Upton
Government Accountability Office
oil and gas subsidies
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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

Geographic Coverage: 
USA
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energy subsidies
subsidy reform
NARUC
subsidy efficiency
subsidy phaseout
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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

Geographic Coverage: 
USA states
Louisiana
Colorado
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Wyoming
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fossil fuel subsidies
tax expenditures
coal roads
state subsidies
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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

Geographic Coverage: 
USA
Tags: 
energy subsidies
Romeny
comparative subsidies
oil security
master limited partnerships
leasing
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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

Geographic Coverage: 
USA
Tags: 
fossil fuel subsidies
tax breaks
coal externalities
leasing subsidies
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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

Geographic Coverage: 
Global
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energy subsidies
subsidy reform
G20
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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

Geographic Coverage: 
Global
G20
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fossil fuel subsidies
G20
subsidy reform
Rio+20
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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.

Geographic Coverage: 
USA
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pipelines
Keystone XL Pipeline
Oil subsidies
tar sands
Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund
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