Analysis of Selected Provisions in Hurricane Sandy Emergency Spending Proposals
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Subsidizing Oil Shale: Tracing Federal Support for Oil Shale Development in the United States
November 29, 2012
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Below is a chart detailing the number of projects that receive funding in the Corps 2012 Work Plan that...
It appears the oil and gas industry is looking to continue its decade long trend of record profits. As of February 2nd, Chevron, Exxon...
The Defense Department today gave the public a peek behind the cover of its Fiscal Year 2013 budget request, releasing a report and fact...
The nation’s transportation system — highways, transit lines, aviation, waterways, and ports — is largely supported by a series of...
Carbon capture and storage (CCS), also referred to as carbon capture and sequestration, is the process of separating carbon dioxide (CO2)...
The latest iteration of the Department of Energy’s FutureGen project (find a timeline here) is a federal initiative to finance and...
The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) today awarded $511 million worth of grants to support 46 projects in 33 states and...
The Department of Energy loan guarantee program that backed Solyndra, a solar panel manufacturer which went bankrupt on August 31, 2011...
The Medicine Bow plant has been repeatedly delayed over eight years. Putting the full faith and credit of the U.S. government behind this costly and risky project is fiscally reckless. ...
FutureGen Project Timeline
• February 2003: Bush Administration announces initiative to develop zero-emissions “clean coal” power plant....
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While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as...
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