Policy Briefs
Analysis of Selected Provisions in Hurricane Sandy Emergency Spending Proposals
December 17, 2012
Reports & Data
Subsidizing Oil Shale: Tracing Federal Support for Oil Shale Development in the United States
November 29, 2012
Crop Insurance: A Federal Cash Assurance Program
February 09, 2012 |
Federal crop insurance is a highly taxpayer subsidized program that allows agricultural producers to shift their business risk onto... 
Oil Profits Stay High; Needless Subsidies Continue
February 02, 2012 |
It appears the oil and gas industry is looking to continue its decade long trend of record profits. As of February 2nd, Chevron, Exxon...
FY13 Defense Budget Scorecard
January 27, 2012 |
The Defense Department today gave the public a peek behind the cover of its Fiscal Year 2013 budget request, releasing a report and fact...
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS): Too Costly for Taxpayers
January 18, 2012 |
Carbon capture and storage (CCS), also referred to as carbon capture and sequestration, is the process of separating carbon dioxide (CO2)...
The Department of Energy FutureGen Initiative
December 19, 2011 |
The latest iteration of the Department of Energy’s FutureGen project (find a timeline here) is a federal initiative to finance and...
TIGER III Grant Awardees Named
December 15, 2011 |
The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) today awarded $511 million worth of grants to support 46 projects in 33 states and...
DOE Renewable and Energy Efficiency Loan Guarantees
December 05, 2011 |
The Department of Energy loan guarantee program that backed Solyndra, a solar panel manufacturer which went bankrupt on August 31, 2011...
Taxpayer-Backed Loan Guarantees for Liquid Coal: Medicine Bow, Wyoming
December 01, 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. ...
Big Oil, Big Profits
October 30, 2011 |
Another quarter, another unsurprising set of reports of huge profits for the oil companies. Continuing to be some of the most profitable...
Department of Energy Loan Guarantee Program: Uranium Enrichment
October 23, 2011 |
The Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program was created in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide Treasury backed loan...
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