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Department of Energy Loan Guarantees: Uranium Enrichment

May 15, 2012 | 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

House Committee Discusses Nuclear Safety and Spending

March 09, 2012 | Energy

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development met Wednesday to discuss the FY2013 Office of Nuclear Energy budget... Read More

Big Oil Tops $150 Billion in Profits in 2011

March 01, 2012 | Energy

With annual financial reports being released this time of year, the oil and gas industry is looking to continue its decade long trend of... 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

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

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

FutureGen Project Timeline

November 30, 2011 | Energy

FutureGen Project Timeline • February 2003: Bush Administration announces initiative to develop zero-emissions “clean coal” power plant.... Read More

Cashing In: Biofuels Industry Buys Congress’s Continued Support

November 09, 2011 | Agriculture , Energy

Cashing In: Biofuels Industry Buys Congress’s Continued Support Taxpayers for Common Sense today released a report detailing the heavily subsidized biofuels industry's political clout. The biofuels... Read More

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Weekly Wastebasket

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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