Daily Policy Digest
Environment Issues
| Federal Trade Commission Cracks Down on Energy-Efficiency Ads It takes between $7,000 and $20,000 to outfit an average home with energy-efficient windows -- consumers won't see a return on their investment for 20 or more years... |
| Is There a Future for Generic Biotech Crops? There has been agreement by plant scientists for the past 30 years that biotech plants pose no new or unique threats compared to conventional breeding methods... |
| Electric Cars Are a Waste of Money Despite generous subsidies from the federal government, the Congressional Budget Office concludes that incentives would need to be about 50 percent higher to make electric cars cost competitive... |
| Algae Energy: Dead in the Water? Since November 2008, the federal government has invested $2 billion on research and development for algae biofuel... |
| The Cost of Wind Energy Jobs Taxpayers spend about 15 times more on wind energy jobs than jobs in oil-and-gas... |
| Locavores or Loco-vores? Locavores disregard hundreds of years of trial and error and the many benefits derived from a larger food supply chain... |
| Let Wind Power Tax Credit Expire From 2009 to 2013, federal revenues lost to wind-power developers are estimated to be $14 billion -- $6 billion is from the production tax credit... |
| Tax Credit in Doubt, Wind Power Industry Is Withering The wind turbine industry is struggling to sell its product; as a result, 10,000 jobs have disappeared since 2008, when the industry employed about 85,000 people... |
| The China Model and U.S. Energy Policy China's growth from energy provides not an example, but a cautionary tale about its energy policy and larger model for economic growth... |
| Labeling of Genetically Engineered Foods Is a Losing Proposition Compliance costs for a new California law requiring genetically engineered food to be labeled would inflate the costs of goods, meaning families would have to pay up to $350 to $400 more a year on groceries... |
