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Ethanol Subsidies: Too Much for Too Little

April 29, 2009 | Energy

Through a combination of subsidies, trade restrictions, and government mandates a handful of corporate agribusinesses and oil companies... Read More

Water Infrastructure Spending in the House Economic Stimulus

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructs large water projects (dams, levees, pumping sand on beaches)... Read More

Analysis of Energy Tax Provisions Included in the Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

December 05, 2008 | Energy

The following is a summary of the non-consumer energy tax breaks included in H.R. 1424, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.... Read More

Bailout Bank Bio: Capital One Financial Inc

November 13, 2008 | Budget & Tax

Capital One Financial is a financial services company whose products and services include consumer and commercial banking and credit card... Read More

Royalty-in-Kind:  A Costly Complication

September 10, 2008 | Energy , Natural Resources

Under intense pressure from the oil and natural gas industry, the Minerals Management Service (MMS)1 started the Royalty-in-Kind (RIK)... Read More

Clean Coal Projects: Cleaning Out the Pockets of Taxpayers

September 08, 2008 | Energy

Since the late 1970’s, the federal government has funneled billions of dollars into “Clean Coal” technology and programs designed to make... Read More

Very Little of Iraq Oil Surplus Goes to Rebuilding

August 05, 2008 | Budget & Tax , National Security

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report tabulating U.S. and Iraqi expenditures on rebuilding efforts (click here for... Read More

Terrorism Insurance Giveaway

June 27, 2002 | National Security

Following the airline industry's lead, insurance executives have been lobbying Congress for terrorism insurance legislation that will... Read More

Passing the Buck

October 01, 2000 | Natural Resources

How the Mining Industry Used Outdated Rules to Pass Environmental Cleanup Costs to Taxpayers... Read More

Troubled Waters

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is wasting billions of dollars on environmentally harmful projects, charges a new report by Taxpayers... 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