Policy Briefs
Analysis of Selected Provisions in Hurricane Sandy Emergency Spending Proposals
December 17, 2012
Reports & Data
Subsidizing Oil Shale: Tracing Federal Support for Oil Shale Development in the United States
November 29, 2012
AGRIBUSINESS: RFS opponents launch new Hill campaign
February 05, 2013 |
WHOTV |
A coalition of opponents of the Renewable Fuel Standard held a telephone news conference today to announce they are launching a new... 
Ethanol slowdown not enough, say mandate critics
February 05, 2013 |
Lincoln Journal Star |
Never in the history of corn-based ethanol have so many Nebraska ethanol plants been idle.
“This would be the largest drop we’ve ever...
Strange bedfellows unite to bash RFS
February 05, 2013 |
Des Moines Register (AP) |
The country’s Renewable Fuel Standard has done something few things in Washington can: bring together a diverse set of interests for a...
Unusual allies fight renewable fuel standard
February 05, 2013 |
Fuel Fix |
Humanitarians, environmentalists, farmers’ advocates and refiners on Monday came together to demand changes to a renewable fuel mandate they...
Sen. Murkowski backs calls to reevaluate biofuel mandate
February 05, 2013 |
The Hill |
The Senate Energy Committee’s top Republican said Monday that she is “in good company” with congressional calls to reevaluate a...
ACE responds to Big Oil’s ethanol, RFS criticism
February 05, 2013 |
Ethanol Producer Magazine |
The Environmental Working Group joined a variety of other organizations today to call for the reform of the renewable fuel standard (RFS),...
Coalition Pushing for New National Framework for Disasters
February 01, 2013 |
Insurance Journal |
A coalition of national interests has introduced a framework intended to shape how the nation responds to natural disasters, or as one...
SmarterSafer.org to Unveil New Disaster Assistance Framework To Protect American Families, Taxpayers and the Environment
January 31, 2013 |
Reuters (PR Newswire) |
WASHINGTON - SmarterSafer.org will host a conference call at 11 a.m. on Thursday, January 31 to introduce its new Disaster Assistance...
United States of Crisis Seen Costing Jobs, Wasting Money
January 23, 2013 |
Bloomberg Businessweek |
With the stroke of his pen the day after New Year’s, President Barack Obama extended a $5 billion farm subsidy program that he opposes and...
Record Taxpayer Cost Is Seen for Crop Insurance
January 16, 2013 |
The New York Times |
WASHINGTON — The worst drought in 50 years could leave taxpayers with a record bill of nearly $16 billion in crop insurance costs because of...
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