Burning Public Money for Dirty Energy presents an overview of how U.S.
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Aug 29, 2011This year's Green Scissors report offers lawmakers and the public a starting place for spending reductions, including cuts to discretionary, mandatory and tax spending that also increa
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Jun 16, 2011Despite 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
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May 02, 2011Earth 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.
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Jan 07, 2011Government subsidy programs, like many areas of government expenditure, are at risk of corruption and fraud that cost taxpayers millions of dollars.
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Jul 23, 2010Since its inception fifteen years ago, the Green Scissors Campaign has fought to make environmental and fiscal responsibility a priority in Washington.
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Dec 04, 2009Short documentary providing useful background on global fishery subsidies and efforts at reform.
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Nov 12, 2009Subsidies to the fishing industry are common worldwide, and it is well accepted that these subsidies contribute to overcapacity in fishing fleets and overexploitation of fisheries resources.
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Jul 28, 2009
Inappropriate subsidies contribute to widespread overfishing and to the distortion of trade in fisheries products. Current negotiations in the World Trade organization aim to address this problem through binding new subsidies rules. Meanwhile, many governments are working to reform their domestic fisheries subsidies programmes. But some fisheries subsidies will undoubtedly continue to be used for years to come. In this context, a knowledge of the policies and practices that can reduce the risks associated with these subsidies is critically important.
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Nov 03, 2009All European countries provide fuel subsidies to their fisheries sector in one form or another.
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Jan 13, 2009(About). (Statistics). (Publications & Documents). (Information by Country). Wide range of resources about fishery economics and subsidies.
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Jan 14, 2009(French). Based on presentation made by David K. Schorr. The stakes in the WTO fishing subsidies negotiations are especially high for many African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. Increased attention to the fishing subsidies issue by capital-based ACP officials is critically needed in the coming months.
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Dec 10, 2008This is one of ten studies for the Copenhagen Consensus Project that sought to evaluate the most feasible opportunities to improve welfare globally and alleviate poverty in developing countries. It argues that phasing out distortionary government subsidies and barriers to international trade will yield an extraordinarily high benefit to cost ratio. -
Dec 10, 2008John R. Magnus. Journal of World Trade 38(6): 985-1047.
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Dec 10, 2008European Environmental Bureau with the assistance of its working group on Environmental Fiscal Reform. Position paper delineating various damaging subsidies within the EU, and pushing for their removal on fiscal and environmental grounds.
