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The Percentage Depletion Allowance (PDA): A Double Giveaway for Hardrock Mining Companies

For decades, hardrock mining companies have benefited from generous tax breaks at the expense of taxpayers, all the while extracting...

More than 161,000 Abandoned Mines in the West

A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that there are at least 161,000 abandoned mines in western states. The research,...

Royalties from Hardrock Mining on State Lands as High as 12%

In a recent analysis on hardrock mining, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that among twelve western states, all assess...

Lastest List of House Members Supporting Mining Reform

Early this year, Congressman Nick Rahall (D-WV) introduced H.R. 699, the Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2009. H.R. 699 would...

TCS Comments on Senate Hearing on Reform of 1872 Mining Law

"We are pleased that Senator Bingaman has begun the process of engaging the Senate in reforming the Mining Act of 1872 by...

Failing Salmon Recovery Efforts are Costing Taxpayers Billions

Over the last two decades, federal agencies have spent more than $8 billion on efforts to restore salmon to the Columbia and Snake River...

Water Infrastructure Spending in the House Economic Stimulus

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructs large water projects (dams, levees, pumping sand on beaches) across the country. In the...

Tongass Timber Plan Plunders Taxpayer Pockets

SUPPORT THE ANDREWS-CHABOT AMENDMENT TO CUT ROAD-BUILDING SUBSIDIES Since 1982, the Forest Service has lost nearly $1 billion...

Oil and Gas Subsidies: Overview

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,...

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...

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...