subsidy reform

Cost of Subsidizing Fossil Fuels Is High, but Cutting Them Is Tough

...Moreover, citizens and companies that rely on fossil fuels usually do not pay the full cost o ...

The Trade Effects of Phasing Out Fossil-Fuel Consumption Subsidies

This report draws on previous OECD work to assess the impact on international trade of phasing ou ...

August Oil Subsidy Roundup

Like so many attempts to strip away senseless subsidies before it, the most recent Congressional push to eliminate at least a handful of expensive subsidies to the oil and gas industry was blocked

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Mitigation Potential of Removing Fossil Fuel Subsidies: A General Equilibrium Assessment

Quoting a joint analysis made by the OECD and the IEA, G20 Leaders committed in September 2009 to ...

Subsidy Gusher: Taxpayers Stuck with Massive Subsidies While Oil and Gas Profits Soar

During World War I, U.S. taxpayers provided the oil and gas industry with its first federal tax b ...

Earth Track submits comments to NAS on tax subsidies and ghg emissions

Last week, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) launched an important project to assess the impact of the federal tax code on greenhouse gas emissions (ghg).  Tax expenditures now total more

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Budget hawks: Does US need to give gas and oil companies $41 billion a year?

Desperately seeking fiscal savings, Congress and President Obama are scrambling to find anything ...

Conservative groups call for end to energy subsidies

There was very promising motion on subsidy reform contained in this March 2011 letter to

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Executive Summary - Nuclear Power: Still Not Viable Without Subsidies

This is the Executive Summary only.  For the full report, click here.  Report description can be ac

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Obama’s Bid to End Oil Subsidies Revives Debate

When he releases his new budget in two weeks, President Obama will propose doing away with roughl ...

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