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Crop Insurance: A Federal Cash Assurance Program

February 09, 2012 | Agriculture

Federal crop insurance is a highly taxpayer subsidized program that allows agricultural producers to shift their business risk onto... Read More

Oil Profits Stay High; Needless Subsidies Continue

February 02, 2012 | Energy

It appears the oil and gas industry is looking to continue its decade long trend of record profits. As of February 2nd, Chevron, Exxon... Read More

FY13 Defense Budget Scorecard

January 27, 2012 | National Security

The Defense Department today gave the public a peek behind the cover of its Fiscal Year 2013 budget request, releasing a report and fact... Read More

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS): Too Costly for Taxpayers

January 18, 2012 | Energy

Carbon capture and storage (CCS), also referred to as carbon capture and sequestration, is the process of separating carbon dioxide (CO2)... Read More

The Department of Energy FutureGen Initiative

December 19, 2011 | Energy

The latest iteration of the Department of Energy’s FutureGen project (find a timeline here) is a federal initiative to finance and... Read More

TIGER III Grant Awardees Named

December 15, 2011 | Transportation & Infrastructure

The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) today awarded $511 million worth of grants to support 46 projects in 33 states and... Read More

DOE Renewable and Energy Efficiency Loan Guarantees

December 05, 2011 | Energy

The Department of Energy loan guarantee program that backed Solyndra, a solar panel manufacturer which went bankrupt on August 31, 2011... Read More

Taxpayer-Backed Loan Guarantees for Liquid Coal: Medicine Bow, Wyoming

December 01, 2011 | Energy

Taxpayer-Backed Loan Guarantees for Liquid Coal: Medicine Bow, Wyoming 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. ... Read More

Big Oil, Big Profits

October 30, 2011 | Energy

Another quarter, another unsurprising set of reports of huge profits for the oil companies. Continuing to be some of the most profitable... Read More

Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program: Uranium Enrichment

October 23, 2011 | Energy

The Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program was created in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide Treasury backed loan... Read More

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February 15, 2013

Engineering Boondoggles

While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as... Read More