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Oil Shale Subsidy Called a Boondoggle by Taxpayer Watchdog

November 29, 2012 | Salt Lake City Weekly | Energy , Natural Resources

 A federal subsidy that would funnel $50 million to the oil-shale-development industry -- which is still not commercially viable, and may... Read More

Taxpayers for Common Sense slams oil shale subsidies

November 29, 2012 | Deseret News | Energy , Natural Resources

WASHINGTON — A new report by a nonpartisan taxpayer advocacy group is calling for the end of subsidies for oil shale development, saying... Read More

Oil shale bill rankles taxpayer advocacy group

November 29, 2012 | Associated Press | Energy , Natural Resources

DENVER—A taxpayer advocacy group is objecting to a Texas Republican's proposal to subsidize research on developing oil from oil... Read More

Navajos ban uranium mining

November 16, 2012 | Earth Island Journal | Budget & Tax , Energy

Navajos (Dinés) who have lost family members from radioactive contamination – and those fighting new proposals for uranium development –... Read More

Eighty-Eight to Congress: ‘Let the Wind PTC Expire!’ (challenging Big Wind, Big Government, and Big Environmentalism)

November 15, 2012 | Before It's News | Budget & Tax , Energy

“The PTC was created in 1992 to get the wind industry off the ground. Yet 20 years later, we have little to show for it.” When it comes to... Read More

Hot ETFs for the presidential election

November 02, 2012 | Market Watch (The Wall Street Journal) | Budget & Tax , Energy

By John Nyaradi Next week’s presidential election will impact sectors and exchange-traded funds regardless of who wins. Here’s your guide... Read More

Group’s goal is to curb harmful, wasteful spending

October 15, 2012 | Quad-Cities Online | Budget & Tax , Energy , Natural Resources , Transportation & Infrastructure

Posted Online: Oct. 13, 2012 Dear EarthTalk: What is the "Green Scissors" campaign, which I understand can help the environment and has... Read More

U.S can’t afford giveaways for mining, oil companies

October 04, 2012 | Pages of the Press | Agriculture , Budget & Tax , Energy

U.S can't afford giveaways for mining, oil companies Written by Ryan Alexander    Thursday, 04 October 2012 14:51 When you're in a... Read More

You can reduce the deficit without touching entitlements. But that won’t make it more popular.

You can reduce the deficit without touching entitlements. But that won’t make it more popular. The Washington Post Posted by Suzy Khimm... Read More

Ryan Alexander, Taxpayers for Common Sense, discusses how the U.S. could avoid the fiscal cliff with cuts almost twice the size of sequestration.

How to Avoid Fiscal Cliff With Less Pain CNBC Mon 01 Oct 12 | 04:50 PM ET Ryan Alexander, Taxpayers for Common Sense, discusses how the... 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