In The Media
Dow Jones & Company, Inc.
"Environmental groups Earth Track and Friends of the Earth just put out a study
quantifying biofuels subsidies through 2022, as the U.S. plans to
massively increase production of biofuels. The upshot? The cost to
taxpayers would be about $420 billion over that period, or an average
of about $28… Read More
Published: 7/24/2009
Aaron Nathans
"The billions of dollars that go into a nuclear power plant could be spent better in other ways, including making homes more energy-efficient, said Doug Koplow, president of Earth Track Incorporated, a Cambridge, Mass.-based consulting firm."
Published: 7/24/2009
Amory Lovins
December 21, 2005. "Mighty Mice," by Amory Lovins, in Nuclear Engineering International. Also available in PDF version.
Published: 11/6/2008
Karen Charman
May/June 2006. "Brave New Nuclear World: First of Two Parts," by Karen Charman, World Watch Magazine. See page 26 (PDF page 28).
Published: 11/6/2008
Jim Lobe
October 25, 2006. "Promise of Biofuels is Overrated, Report Says," by Jim Lobe, Interpress News Service.
Published: 11/6/2008
The Economist
November 16, 2006. "Investing in clean energy," The Economist. Mentions biofuels subsidy study done for IISD's Global Subsidies Initiative.
Published: 11/6/2008
Tom Philpott
December 6, 2006. "Give Green, Go Yellow: How cash and corporate pressure pushed ethanol to the fore," by Tom Philpott, Grist.
Published: 11/6/2008
William Sweet
January 2007. "Loser: Corn-o-copia," by William Sweet, IEEE Spectrum.
Published: 11/6/2008
Mark Clayton
January 18, 2007. "US House Takes on Big Oil," by Mark Clayton, Christian Science Monitor.
Published: 11/6/2008
Jerry Taylor
January 24, 2007. "Comment: Switching to Snake Oil," by Jerry Taylor in the Guardian.
Published: 11/6/2008
January 29, 2007. Profile on Grist.org's Interactivist column: "Koplow's and Robbers: Doug Koplow, subsidies researcher and founder of Earth Track, answers Grist's questions."
Published: 11/6/2008
Mark Anslow
February 19, 2007. "Biofuels - fact and fiction," by Mark Anslow, Ecologist.
Published: 11/6/2008
Moira Herbst
March 17, 2007. "Ethanol's Growing List of Enemies," by Moira Herbst, Business Week.
Published: 11/6/2008
Ben Leiberman
March 28, 2007. "The Ethanol Mandate Should Not be Expanded," by Ben Leiberman, The Heritage Foundation.
Published: 11/6/2008
Aduin Kirkebride McElroy
April 2007. "Redirecting Oil Subsidies," by Aduin Kirkebride McElroy, Ethanol Producer Magazine. Surprisingly little mention of our work on ethanol subsidies though...
The Economist
Mentions biofuels subsidy study done for IISD's Global Subsidies Initiative.
Published: 11/6/2008
Eric Fleischauer
April 15, 2007. "Are ethanol subsidies answer to thirst for oil?," by Eric Fleischauer, Decatur Daily (Decatur, AL).
Published: 11/6/2008
Rebecca Claren
May/June 2007. "Shuck and jive: how industry and politicians are harvesting ethanol for all it's worth," by Rebecca Claren, UTNE Reader. Article uses subsidy estimates from Biofuels at What Cost?, though without attribution.
Lisa Margonelli
June 3, 2007. "Myths About that $3.18 Per Gallon," by Lisa Margonelli, Washington Post Outlook Section.
July 23, 2007. "No to Nukes: It's tempting to turn to nuclear plants to combat climate change, but alternatives are safer and cheaper," Los Angeles Times editorial page.
Published: 10/29/2008