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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
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
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
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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Fueling Global Warming: Federal Subsidies to Oil in the United States
Extremely detailed, widely peer-reviewed, examination of subsidies to oil in the United States throughout every stage of the fuel cycle.
Subsidies in the US Energy Sector: Magnitude, Causes, and Options for Reform
Examines the political drivers behind subsidy proliferation in the US federal system and a variety of options to improve transparency and
A Boon to Bad Biofuels: Federal Tax Credits and Mandates Underwrite Environmental Damage at Taxpayer Expense
Federal Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) were nearly quintupled in the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act, mandating use of 36 billion gallons of biofuels per y
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
Nuclear Power as Taxpayer Patronage: A Case Study of Subsidies to Calvert Cliffs Unit 3
A case study of the proposed new reactor at Calvert Cliffs in Lusby, MD provides a useful window into the dynamics and implications of federal nuclear policy today.
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.
Biofuels - At What Cost? Government Support for Ethanol and Biodiesel in the United States
Detailed review of state and federal subsidies, prepared for the Global Subsidies Initiative. Subsidy costs per unit fossil fuel or GHG displaced
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
Measuring energy subsidies using the price gap approach: What does it leave out?
Tracking energy subsidies for a single country is a challenging task; trying to measure them globally is even more so. Multi-country studies of fossil fuel studies have been done, and normall
2009 World Nuclear Industry Status Report: Extract
This Bulletin article is an extract from the longer and more detailed analysi
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
NuSubsidies Nuclear Consortium
Learn about the power of Policy-Enhanced Investing to turn nuclear power from the dog of Wall Street into the
"Defending Oil Supplies," in Fueling Global Warming: Federal Subsidies to Oil in the United States.
Refinery subsidies linked to the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline
The Keystone XL tar sands pipeline project, like all oil industry projects, benefits from substantial taxpayer subsidies. Some, like reduced property taxes, are directed at the pipeline itsel
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
