Regional and National Economic Impact of Repealing the Section 199 Tax Deduction and Dual-capacity Tax Credit for Oil and Gas Producers

The American Energy Alliance (AEA) / by Joseph R. Mason http://www.saveusenergyjobs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Mason_Tax_Repeal_Study.pdf White House’s new ‘stimulus’ plans would trigger loss of $341 billion in economic activity The American Energy Alliance (AEA) released a study yesterday from Dr. Joseph R. Mason, Louisiana State University Endowed Chair of Banking and nationally-renowned economist, which estimates that President Obama’s proposed … Continue reading »

Nuclear Waste: Actions Needed to Address Persistent Concerns with Efforts to Close Underground Radioactive Waste Tanks at DOE’s Savannah River Site

US Government Accountability Office http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-816?source=ra Decades of nuclear materials production at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Savannah River Site in South Carolina have left 37 million gallons of radioactive liquid waste in 49 underground storage tanks. In December 2008, DOE entered into a contract with Savannah River Remediation, LLC (SRR) to close, by 2017, 22 … Continue reading »

US Mine Safety Data Sets

US Mine Safety and Health Administration http://www.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/OGIMSHA.asp The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced the publication of comprehensive data regarding safety and health records of the nation’s mines. These downloadable files are available to the general public through MSHA’s website. The data sets contain all of the agency’s public data … Continue reading »

Pew Illuminates Federal Energy Spending

Subsidyscope (Pew Research Center) http://subsidyscope.com/energy/summary/ A new Pew analysis of government spending data finds the federal role in the energy sector is significant, although smaller in comparison to its role in other sectors, such as transportation. Total federal spending in the sector on tax expenditures and grant programs likely to contain a subsidy, was about … Continue reading »

CBO Cost Estimate : Rural Energy Savings Program Act, H.R. 4785

Congressional Budget Office http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/118xx/doc11860/hr4785.pdf H.R. 4785 would authorize the Secretary of Agriculture, through the Rural Utilities Service (RUS), to make loans to certain public or cooperative electric utilities. Under the bill, participating cooperatives would, in turn, make low-interest loans to customers to support installations of energy-efficiency measures. The bill would authorize the appropriation of $993 … Continue reading »