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Common Sense Ways to Reduce Wasteful Federal Spending

February 06, 2013 | U.S. News | Budget & Tax , Energy , National Security

This article is part of a weekly series held by U.S. News and it's Economic Intelligence blog.... Read More

Budget Cutters Eye Nuclear Reprocessing Plant

February 06, 2013 | Roll Call | Energy , National Security

Given the threat of sequester, supporters of a $4.8 billion mixed oxide fuel fabrication facility worry that the Obama administration may be... Read More

Cost Overruns Plague Energy Department Projects

February 06, 2013 | Roll Call | Energy , National Security

The Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, known as MOX, isn’t the only high-profile project by the Energy Department’s National Nuclear... Read More

Ag Economist Urges Congress to Begin Extensive Reform of RFS

February 06, 2013 | Michigan Ag Connection | Agriculture , Energy

"The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is broken, but Congress can fix the rule by acting now and opening an inclusive, robust debate that leads... Read More

Coalition seeks fuel standard repeal through legislation

February 06, 2013 | Trade Only Today | Agriculture , Energy

A coalition of groups seeking to reform or repeal the Renewable Fuel Standard, which mandates the use of biofuels such as ethanol, is... Read More

Congress Urged to Begin Extensive Reform of RFS

February 06, 2013 | The Poultry Site | Agriculture , Energy

US - "The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) is broken, but Congress can fix the rule by acting now and opening an inclusive, robust debate that... Read More

Strange bedfellows unite for Hill fight over renewable fuels policy

February 05, 2013 | Environment and Energy Publishing | Agriculture , Energy

A strange-bedfellow coalition of environmentalists, hunger advocates, oil refiners and boat manufacturers is taking to Capitol Hill to push... Read More

AGRIBUSINESS: RFS opponents launch new Hill campaign

February 05, 2013 | WHOTV | Agriculture , Energy

  A coalition of opponents of the Renewable Fuel Standard held a telephone news conference today to announce they are launching a new... Read More

Ethanol slowdown not enough, say mandate critics

February 05, 2013 | Lincoln Journal Star | Agriculture , Energy

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... Read More

Ohio nuclear centrifuge project uncertain

February 05, 2013 | Cincinnati.com | Energy

WASHINGTON — As the 113th Congress gets under way and President Barack Obama begins a second term, some possible shifts in federal energy... 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