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Department of Energy: Loan Guarantee Program Overview

June 09, 2009 > Updated: August 30, 2013 | Fact Sheet | Energy

Department of Energy: Loan Guarantee Program Overview Created in Title 17 of the 2005 Energy Policy Act, the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Guarantee Program has received increased scrutiny with the default of a loan guarantee to the solar start-up company, Solyndra.... Read More

TCS Fact Sheet: Coal Industry Profits

June 07, 2009 | Fact Sheet | Energy

In 1932, the federal government began giving subsidies to the coal industry in order to help the industry recover initial capital... Read More

Ethanol Subsidies: Too Much for Too Little

April 29, 2009 | Fact Sheet | Agriculture , Energy

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

Nuclear Subsidies Past and Present

December 12, 2008 | Fact Sheet | Energy

Since the beginning of nuclear energy the federal government has provided billions in handouts to the industry. More than $85 billion has... Read More

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

December 05, 2008 | Policy Brief | 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

Oil and Gas Subsidies: Overview

November 14, 2008 | Fact Sheet | Energy , Natural Resources

Taxpayer subsidies to the oil and gas industry have played a major role in U.S. energy policy since 1916. Two of the largest tax breaks,... Read More

Nuclear Reprocessing

October 31, 2008 | Fact Sheet | Energy

Nuclear fuel reprocessing is the process of collecting nuclear waste to recover and reuse plutonium and uranium. Despite decades of... Read More

FY2009 Appropriations Bills: TCS Analyses and Earmark Databases

The following are links to TCS's analysis and database for each of the FY09 appropriations bills. (Note: With the exception of House... Read More

Royalty-in-Kind: A Costly Complication

September 10, 2008 | Fact Sheet | 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 | Fact Sheet | 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

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Weekly Wastebasket

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September 13, 2013

Syria: Excuse 535 To Not Cut the Deficit

Volume XVIII No. 37 Possible action in Syria has become the most recent excuse du jour for Pentagon boosters... Read More