energy subsidies

Polling reveals that being anti-clean energy is bad politics

Perry wants to end all energy subsidies. Photo: Gage SkidmoreCross-posted from Climate Progress. Anyone who cares about addressing climate change and strengthening America’s economic competitiveness knows that being anti-renewable energy is terrible policy. Turns out, it’s bad politics too. A new poll conducted by ORC International for the nonpartisan Civil Society Institute finds that 77 […]

Sen. Lamar Alexander on making bipartisan energy progress

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) tells Grist why he's crossing party lines to slash energy company subsidies and pour money into cleantech research.

The conservative game plan on energy subsidies

Some progressives and Democrats think they can work with Republicans to cut subsidies to dirty energy, but they're getting played.

EIA releases skewed energy subsidies report to Congress

The EIA admits its data is limited and doesn't give a full picture of the subsidies landscape, but released the report anyway.

Are energy subsidies really in danger?

Has energy-subsidy reform become more likely in recent days and weeks? That would be nice, but don't hold your breath.

The Climate Post: Hu Jintao's visit prompts soul searching in U.S. energy and climate circles

The amount of material that came out after China President Hu Jintao's visit shows how pivotal energy and climate change are between the US and China

Obama admin takes aim at China's renewable-energy subsidies

Last week, the Obama administration filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization over China's wind-power subsidies.

Carbon-pricing and technology R&D initiatives: Both are necessary, but neither is sufficient

Economists and other policy analysts have noted that policies intended to foster climate-friendly technology research and development will also be necessary, but likewise will not be sufficient on their own.

The Climate Post: Is Americans' climate ignorance a tragedy or an opportunity?

Half of Americans polled by researchers at Yale University are woefully ill-informed about climate change, including the 43 percent that believe, "If we stopped punching holes in the ozone layer with rockets, it would reduce global warming." Plus, China dominates an important clean tech export and new climate change impacts would be perfect for a remake of Day After Tomorrow.