state_lessons_for_subsidies.pdf (application/pdf Object)

May 25, 2012

state_lessons_for_subsidies.pdf (application/pdf Object).

 

Headwaters Economics released a report<http://headwaterseconomics.org/wphw/wp-content/uploads/state_lessons_for_subsidies.pdf> today that compares the experience of several Western states, in particular Montana and North Dakota who each sit atop portions of the oil-rich Bakken shale.  The experience of fiscal and energy policy in these states suggest that production and drilling tax deductions and incentives are ineffective at changing the location of production.

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Poll: Americans Back Federal Subsidies for Renewables, Not Fossil Fuels

November 18, 2011

Poll: Americans Back Federal Subsidies for Renewables, Not Fossil Fuels.

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Here’s an Easy $100 Billion Cut – NYTimes.com

August 9, 2011

Here’s an Easy $100 Billion Cut – NYTimes.com.

If the Republicans are truly determined to slash the budget and end government waste, they will start with two obvious and long overdue cuts: ending the web of tax breaks enjoyed by the rolling-in-dough oil industry and terminating the ethanol subsidy. Together these cuts would save up to $100 billion over 10 years, without hurting the poor and middle class or slowing the economy.

 

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Oil and Gas Industry Profit Reports Spark Latest Outcry Against Subsidies – NYTimes.com

July 30, 2011

Oil and Gas Industry Profit Reports Spark Latest Outcry Against Subsidies – NYTimes.com.

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