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Oil and Gas Subsidies, Profits and Production: Colorado and Across the Nation

June 22, 2008 | Reports & Data | Energy

This is the first in a series of state specific analyses Taxpayers for Common Sense is completing on energy industry subsidies, profits and production. The goal of these analyses will be to raise awareness of the national subsidies the oil and gas industry receives.... Read More

Coal Subsidies: Energy Policy Act of 2005

May 25, 2008 | Policy Brief | Energy

The coal industry received more than $9 billion in loans, research funds, tax breaks and other subsidies in the Energy Policy Act of... Read More

Golden Fleece Award

Taxpayers for Common Sense Announces New Golden Fleece Recipient Knik Arm Bridge and Toll Authority - Taxpayer Funded Cheerleaders... Read More

Nuclear Subsidies General Fact Sheet

December 10, 2007 | Fact Sheet | Energy

Since the beginning of nuclear energy the federal government has provided billions in handouts to the industry. Nuclear power has... Read More

‘Relief’ for Oil and Gas A Fiscal Headache for Taxpayers

May 09, 2006 | Energy

“Now, we don’t think oil companies need tax incentives or subsidies to drill for oil at $70 a barrel, or for that matter at $25.”  Wall... Read More

Oil and Gas Royalty Relief Fact Sheet

April 27, 2006 | Fact Sheet | Energy , Natural Resources

“Relief” for Oil and Gas A Fiscal Headache for Taxpayers “Now, we don’t think oil companies need tax incentives or subsidies to drill... Read More

Top Ten Worst 2005 Energy Bill

September 03, 2005 | Policy Brief | Energy

OCS inventory: Government sources estimate that a full inventory of America’s Outer Continental Shelf would cost the government... Read More

Nuclear Subsidies in 2005 Energy Bill

May 24, 2005 | Policy Brief | Energy

For more than a half century the federal government has provided billions in handouts to the nuclear power industry. And today the... Read More

A Total Rip-off: Taxpayer Dollars Wasted on the Energy Sector

December 31, 2003 | Policy Brief | Energy , National Security

Nuclear energy, once widely hailed as ‘too cheap to meter,” has become one of the most expensive sources of electricity, due to the high... Read More

Analysis of Authorized Spending in Energy Bill (2003)

November 16, 2003 | Policy Brief | Energy

   

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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