Earth Track Blog

The End Polluter Welfare Act, fossil fuel subsidy reform, and the power of lists

dkoplow — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:06:20 +0000

The "End Polluter Welfare Act (EPWA)," introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep.

Historical Subsidies to Energy in the United States: What's Missing from MISI

dkoplow — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:15:13 +0000

Management Information Services, Inc.

Fossil fuel producer subsidies in Russia: A first look

dkoplow — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:17:24 +0000

For years, the International Energy Agency has been measuring subsidies to consumers by looking at the gap between world reference prices for a particular form of energy and what that energy sells

Warren Buffett, NetJets and missing the point on ticket tax exclusions

dkoplow — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:58:21 +0000

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway holding company owns lots of things, and earns a nice return on them. NetJets, one of their divisions, has recently come under fire for paying too little t

Most Louisiana tax-exempt Katrina bonds helped fossil fuel industry

dkoplow — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 03:57:13 +0000

A simple Google search for "http://www.google.com/search?q=bobby%20jindal%20incentive&ie=utf-8&oe=ut...

State funding of DKRW coal-to-liquids plant: financially risky, contrary to purpose of Mineral Trust Fund

dkoplow — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:11:25 +0000

Houston-based DKRW Advanced Fuels has a dream: they want to turn a chunk of Wyoming's vast coal reserves into 10,600 barrels of gasoline per day. They want to capture most of the carbon

Refinery expensing of great benefit to the Keystone XL Pipeline

dkoplow — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:26:35 +0000

I guess if I'm to listen to Fareed Zakaria "The Case for Making it in the USA: