Amy Taylor, Matthew Bramley, and Mark Winfield, The Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development. This report, commissioned by the Climate Action Network Canada, identifies and quantifies federal government expenditure on Canada's oil and gas sector. It also investigates both federal and provincial…
Matthew Saunders and Karen Schneider. Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics. June 2000. Australia is only one case in this international overview of problems with subsidies. AUSTRALIA, CANADA, UNITED STATES, JAPAN, EUROPEAN UNION, FORMER SOVIET UNION, EASTERN EUROPE, CHINA…
Christopher Riedy, Institute for Sustainable Futures, January 2003. Overview of Australian subsidies includes fossil fuel production and consumption, electricity and road transportation subsidies.
Joe
Loper, Alliance to Save Energy, Washington, DC. Despite old data, the
methods remain extremely timely. This is perhaps they only detailed
state-by-state assessment of net taxes on energy. Posted with
permission of the Alliance to Save Energy. See original report cover.
Tellus Institute. This primer describes the theory and options for Environmental Tax Shifting (ETS) in Massachusetts. By shifting the state tax base from income, savings, or labor to use of resources, pollution, and sprawl, revenue raising would discourage unattractive activities rather than work…
New England Environmental Finance Center. Current development patterns and increased tax pressures in local municipalities combine to harm both Maine’s natural resources and its quality of life.
Energy Policy. V. 31, No. 13, pp. 1379-1391. Alexander Ritschel and Greg Smestad. Many interventions implemented by the state to smooth out the impacts of the energy crisis insulated electricity consumers from market realities and supported the existing structure of California’s electricity market…
Robert S. McIntyre and T.D. Coo Nyugen, Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. Detailed assessments of the actual taxes paid by major US corporations and corporate sectors at the state level. Tax breaks often allow particular sectors, including energy, to pay an…
The Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE)
Posted on:
1/5/2009
Current. The Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE) is a comprehensive source of information on state, local, utility, and selected federal incentives that promote renewable energy.
Pacific Northwest Laboratory (operated by Battelle Memorial Institute) for the US Department of Energy. Very detailed historical data on production subsidies to multiple fuels and the origination of many federal programs. Includes information on federal investments into many large hydro dams and in…
Pre-publication draft. Joseph Bowring, Energy Information Administration, March 1980. Legend has it political pressure ensured this draft never made it to actual publication; if you know the real story, please share it with us. Even in its draft form, this paper is a great source for information and…
Duane
Chapman, Kathleen Cole, and Michael Slott of Cornell University for the
Ohio River Basin Energy Study. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Research and Development. Report is one of a number that
Chapman worked on during this time to quantify the tremendous value of
capital…
U. S. Department of Energy. Very detailed review of many federal programs that helped to boost the nation's energy consumption. Great source of historical information on U. S. energy policy and legislation going back many decades.
Rick
Heede, Rick Morgan, and Scott Ridley. Center for Renewable Resources.
Multi-fuel review of federal subsidies in the early 1980s. Good
historical data. Posted with permission of authors.
Komanoff
Energy Associates for Greenpeace. Detailed review of historical federal
subsidies to nuclear power. Thanks to Charlie Komanoff and to
Greenpeace for permission to repost.
