This analysis provides the first detailed accounting of oil and gas subsidies in Norway.
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Jan 20, 2012
We all remember the Indiana Jones movie, where Evil Nazi Guy picks the wrong Holy Grail? Historically, the feds have chosen poorly too, says energy subsidy analyst Doug Koplow.
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Jan 20, 2012
...Moreover, citizens and companies that rely on fossil fuels usually do not pay the full cost of resulting environmental problems like , sludg
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Jan 20, 2012
Doug Koplow of the policy consulting firm Earth Track said that the mandate is effectively another kind of subsidy for ethanol, and warns that it may be difficult to come up with new alternative
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Dec 29, 2011Each stage in the life cycle of coal—extraction, transport, processing, and combustion—generates a waste stream and carries multiple hazards for health and the environment.
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Dec 13, 2011For decades, wealthy countries have been using international aid and other foreign assistance—through grants, loans, equity and loan guarantees—to subsidize the expansion of the i
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Dec 13, 2011Pennsylvania is subsidizing fossil fuels at a cost of almost $2.9 billion per year. Use of these fuels burdens taxpayers with additional non-monetized externalities such as air, land and wate
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Nov 15, 2011Burning Public Money for Dirty Energy presents an overview of how U.S.
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Nov 01, 2011The report provides an extremely detailed review of policies within France that have the effect of harming biodiversity, though does not rank these subsidies in terms of which are most damaging.&nb
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Oct 04, 2011For the first time ever, the OECD has compiled an inventory of over 250 measures that support fossil-fuel production or use in 24 industrialised countries, which together account for 95% of energy
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What Would Jefferson Do? The Historical Role of Federal Subsidies in Shaping America’s Energy FutureSep 23, 2011Using data culled from the academic literature, government documents, and NGO sources, in this paper we examine the extent of federal support (as well as support from the various states in pre-Civi
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Sep 20, 2011These six banks submitted comments to DOE on the Title 17 loan guarantee program in July of 2007 that resulted in much more favorable terms for lenders. Soon after, the financial crisis hit t
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Sep 20, 2011"The six financial institutions below (Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley) are convinced that loan guarantees are an important tool, along wi
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Sep 08, 2011
This report draws on previous OECD work to assess the impact on international trade of phasing out fossil fuel consumption subsidies provided mainly by developing and emerging economies.
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Aug 31, 2011The UK operates 19 reactors that provided 15.7% of the country's electricity needs in 2010. The cost of supplying this electricity is cheap.
