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$36 Billion Dollar Giveaway to Nuclear Industry Causes Meltdown in Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee

June 24, 2010 | Energy

As we posted yesterday, the Fiscal Year 2011 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill mark-up scheduled in the Subcommittee was postponed. ... Read More

Taxpayers Stand to Lose Billions on Risky Reactor

June 21, 2010 | Energy

After receiving a 30 day extension, Georgia Power, a Southern Company subsidiary, accepted an $8.3 billion taxpayer-backed loan guarantee... Read More

TCS Statement on BLM’s Setting of Fees for Solar Energy Development on Federal Lands

June 14, 2010 | Energy , Natural Resources

Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released the schedule of rental fees it will charge for development of solar generation... Read More

Billions in Nuclear Loan Guarantees Added to Emergency Spending

May 26, 2010 | Energy

Today, Taxpayers for Common Sense Action released a letter to the House opposing increased nuclear loan guarantees in the Emergency Supplemental. ... Read More

Stop Billions MORE in Risky Treasury-Backed Loan Guarantees in Emergency War Spending Bill

May 26, 2010 | Energy

 The Emergency Supplemental Appropriations bill being considered today in committee in the House includes an additional $18 billion in... Read More

War Spending Bill is No Place for More Nuclear Loan Guarantees

May 20, 2010 | Energy

 Recent press reports indicate that the Administration and leadership on Capitol Hill have brokered a deal to add billions of dollars... Read More

Oil and Gas Orphans Cost Taxpayers Millions

February 26, 2010 | Energy , Natural Resources

Today the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a detailed report documenting taxpayer costs for cleaning up oil and gas wells... Read More

Department of Energy Announces Risky Loan Guarantee for Southern Company

February 16, 2010 | Energy

WASHINGTON, D.C. – February 16, 2010 – Ryan Alexander, president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, issued the following statement today in... Read More

Taxpayers for Common Sense Statement: Nuclear Industry Must Pay For Its Renaissance

February 16, 2010 | Energy

WASHINGTON, D.C. – February 16, 2010 -- The following is a written statement by Ryan Alexander, President of Taxpayers for Common Sense... Read More

Joint Letter Urging Administration Not to Increase Risky Loan Guarantee Program

January 29, 2010 | Energy

      President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20500   Dear Mr. President:... Read More

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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