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Fossil-fueled Republicans grandstand against Solyndra, solar energy
At a hearing in Congress today, GOP representatives used Solyndra's collapse to declare that government investment in clean energy is a bad idea.
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Obama proposes cutting oil and gas subsidies to fund jobs plan
The idea may see fierce debate in Congress -- but a majority of Americans support repealing tax breaks for fossil-fuel companies.
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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.
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Green for greens: Philadelphia subsidizes farmers markets
A new farmers market subsidy program for food stamps recipients makes the City of Brotherly Love a just little healthier.
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Don’t run with green scissors
A new "Green Scissors" report proposes to trim government spending by eliminating "subsidies and programs that both harm the environment and waste taxpayer dollars."
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Politics, farmers, and change: The end of rural America
Big Ag-friendly policy has put family farms in crisis, but Obama can reverse the trend if he delivers on campaign promises.
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Critical List: Energy panel supports fracking disclosure; Walmart's move to wind power
An Energy Department panel wants to require natural gas companies to disclose what chemicals they're using in hydrofracking projects.
Green groups have an idea for how to cut the country's debt: stop subsidies to oil and gas companies.
But (of course!) most of the members of the Super Congress are opposed to regulating greenhouse-gas emissions. -
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We can save $78 billion by ending oil and gas subsidies
We could save $78 billion by ending oil and gas subsidies.
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Critical List: $6 billion ethanol subsidy to end; Wyoming wolves screwed by Senate politics
The Senate is ending a $6 billion subsidy program for ethanol; anti-ethanol food and environmental groups say it's "not a perfect comprise" but that they're "encouraged" by the step.
Carbon captured from coal plants can feed biofuel-producing algae. Which is awesome because nobody else wants to eat it.
Put that tuna burger down! Overfishing could extinguish five out of eight tuna species.
