Daily Policy Digest
Environment Issues
| Depending on Energy, Not Energy Independent The United States enjoys strong partnerships with about 90 different countries that it trades fossil fuels with... |
| Rare Earth and Uranium Mining Potential in the States States with rare earths and uranium resources could benefit by more than $40 billion in increased economic development, add nearly 9,000 jobs, and improve their state revenue by almost $2 billion... |
| The Multiple Distortions of Wind Subsidies According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, wind subsidies cost $52.48 per one million watt hours generated; the same amount of electricity from nuclear power costs $3.10 per one million watt hours... |
| The Wind Production Tax Credit: Corporate Welfare at Its Worst The Production Tax Credit designed to promote wind power distorts price signals in the wholesale electricity market by giving wind producers an incentive to sell electricity at a loss to earn enormous tax subsidies... |
| Gushing about America's Energy Future The International Energy Agency projects that U.S. oil production will exceed Saudi Arabia's production by 2020... |
| The Impossibility of Rapid Energy Transitions Three different types of momentum are necessary when talking about making energy transitions: technological, labor-pool and economic... |
| The Failure of Wind Power Princeton, Massachusetts' Municipal Light Department's wind-energy project has lost nearly $2 million... |
| Exporting Natural Gas a Boon to United States despite Price Hikes America's new energy bonanza is the natural gas found in shale rock, and there's a heavy push to build terminals where it can be liquefied and exported... |
| Renewable Fuel Standard Costs Chain Restaurants Billions Annually A new study conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers for the National Council of Chain Restaurants estimates the federal Renewable Fuel Standard could cost quick service restaurants an additional $2.5 billion in 2015... |
| The Impact of Agrochemicals The Centers for Disease Control found that widespread spraying to control mosquitoes carrying West Nile during 1999-2002 only caused two definite cases of health impacts... |
