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TCS Submits Comments on Draft Solicitation for Advanced Fossil Energy Projects

September 10, 2013 | Letters & Testimony | Energy , Natural Resources

TCS Submits Comments on Draft Solicitation for Advanced Fossil Energy Projects On July 2, the Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office announced a draft loan guarantee solicitation for advanced fossil energy... Read More

USEC Posts Net Loss in Second Quarter; Seeking Further Taxpayer Handouts

August 08, 2013 | Our Take | Energy

USEC Posts Net Loss in Second Quarter; Seeking Further Taxpayer Handouts The United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) recently released its midterm financial report and in addition to troubling financials,... Read More

Letter to Energy & Commerce Committee: Support Comprehensive Review of the Renewable Fuel Standard

July 24, 2013 | Letters & Testimony | Agriculture , Energy

Letter to Energy & Commerce Committee: Support Comprehensive Review of the Renewable Fuel Standard Yesterday, TCS joined 12 other diverse organizations in a letter supporting a comprehensive review of the federal biofuels mandate.... Read More

Credit Downgrade Likely For Pending DOE Loan Guarantee Recipient

July 16, 2013 | Our Take | Energy

Credit Downgrade Likely For Pending DOE Loan Guarantee Recipient Last Thursday, Moody’s Investor Service released a new credit report finding that Georgia Power Company’s (subsidiary of The Southern... Read More

DOE Recommits To Fossil Fuel Loan Guarantees

July 08, 2013 | Our Take | Energy

DOE Recommits To Fossil Fuel Loan Guarantees The Department of Energy (DOE) announced last week it would offer an expanded, second solicitation for advanced fossil energy loan... Read More

Another Vogtle Reactor Deadline Passes

July 02, 2013 | Press Releases | Energy

Another Vogtle Reactor Deadline Passes TCS published a press release today on another deadline passed by DOE to reach an agreement on loan guarantee terms for Southern Company's Plant Vogtle... Read More

Medicine Bow Liquid Coal Facility on the Rocks

June 27, 2013 | Our Take | Energy

Medicine Bow Liquid Coal Facility on the Rocks Medicine Bow Fuel and Power LLC—subsidiary of DKRW Advanced Fuels LLC—has filed updated construction and development plans with the state... Read More

Truth Checking Trillion-Dollar Farm Bill Apologists

June 26, 2013 | Our Take | Agriculture

Truth Checking Trillion-Dollar Farm Bill Apologists The rhetoric from defenders of Washington’s heavy-handed role in agriculture reached a peak during recent House debate on a nearly $1... Read More

Rhetoric on Adjusted Gross Income Grossly Distorts the Facts

June 26, 2013 | Our Take | Agriculture

Rhetoric on Adjusted Gross Income Grossly Distorts the Facts Many farm bill apologists attacked basic means testing as a “poison pill” for the farm bill. House Agriculture Committee leaders Frank... Read More

Math Like Chairman Lucas’ is the Reason We Have a $17 Trillion Debt

June 26, 2013 | Our Take | Agriculture

Math Like Chairman Lucas’ is the Reason We Have a $17 Trillion Debt "And if you look at how [crop insurance] has worked in the 7 years prior to the onset of the drought of 2011, basically the Federal... Read More

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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