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Undermining Sound Resource Use Through Subsidies to Primary Materials and Waste Management
Despite surging prices for energy and other commodities, the vast majority of materials generated in the United States continues to be thrown away in landfills or burned in incinerators. This
Scoping Suggestions for NAS Review of Effects of the Tax Code on Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Earth Track's submitted comments on the National Academy of Sciences' upcoming analysis on the effects of the federal tax code on greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions.
Biofuel Subsidies: An Overview
Earth Track presentation at the Biofuels Policy Forum briefing on April 14, 2011 in Washington, DC. The document provides an overview of the historical and projected level of subsidization to
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
Nuclear Power: Still Not Viable Without Subsidies
Conspicuously absent from industry press releases and briefing memos touting nuclear power’s potential as a solution to global warming is any mention of the industry’s long and expensive history of
Quantifying Support to Energy – Why is It Needed?
Keynote presentation at the OECD's expert workshop on estimating subsidies to fossil fuels, held in November 2010.
G20 Fossil-Fuel Subsidy Phase Out: A review of current gaps and needed changes to achieve success
In its September 2009 Communiqué from Pittsburgh, the G20 nations (“Group of Twenty” nations that include the largest economies in the world) committed to “rationalize and phase out over the medi
Mapping Fossil-Fuel Subsidies: Lessons from Case Studies of China, Germany, Indonesia, and the United States
Earth Track presentation on fossil fuel subsidy reform at a joint meeting hosted by the Global Subsidies Initiative of the IISD and the United Nations Environment Programme in Geneva in October 201
Mapping the Characteristics of Producer Subsidies: A review of pilot country studies
The ability to undertake any meaningful subsidy reforms, either nationally or multilaterally, is hampered by a basic lack of knowledge about the extent of support to the sector and where informatio
Review of selected nuclear tax subsidies in the American Power Act
This memo evaluates three tax subsidies to nuclear power contained in the American Power Act (APA): 5-year accelerated depreciation for reactors; a 10% investment tax credit; and an expansion of a
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
Minding the Gap: Achieving Energy Success Via a Neutral Policy Platform
Review of key federal policy trends in the energy sector, identifying the unprecendented scale of interventions, and the inadequate attention being paid to incentive alignment and assessment of lev
2009 World Nuclear Industry Status Report: Extract
This Bulletin article is an extract from the longer and more detailed analysi
State and federal subsidies to biofuels: magnitude and options for redirection
Hundreds of government subsidies have fuelled the growth of ethanol and biodiesel in the USA, worth half or more their retail price.
The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2009
The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2009 provides the reader with the basic quantitative and qualitative facts on the nuclear power plants in operation, under construction and in planning phas
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