Fossil fuel subsidies and tax breaks are still rising The Guardian

Fossil fuel subsidies and tax breaks are still rising

The Guardian (blog)

- ‎1 hour ago‎

Last week the OECD published two new reports which shine a light on our complex and confused relationship with fossil fuels. The first looks at how we subsidise them, the second at how we tax them. The picture they paint can be summed up in two words: ...

IEA chief: 'Fossil fuel subsidies are public enemy number one' for green energy Business Green

IEA chief: 'Fossil fuel subsidies are public enemy number one' for green energy

Business Green

- ‎8 hours ago‎

"In the presence of these fossil fuel subsidies... we have no chance whatsoever to meet these climate change targets and provide room for renewable energies to compete with coal, oil and gas as they are artificially cheap as a result of those subsidies ...

Subsidies: Renewables 6% of Fossil Fuels Worldwide

Fossil Fuel and Renewable Energy Subsidies on the Rise

Posted: 24 Aug 2012 05:51 AM PDT

  New Worldwatch Institute report discusses the rise in subsidies for renewable and fossil fuel-based energy production Washington, D.C.—-Total subsidies for renewable energy stood at $66 billion in 2010, but are still dwarfed by the total value of global fossil fuel subsidies estimated at between $775 billion and more than $1 trillion in 2012, according [...]

Creating A Truly Level Playing Field: Putting Renewables Subsidies In Context

ThinkProgress

Creating A Truly Level Playing Field: Putting Renewables Subsidies In Context ThinkProgress - ‎3 hours ago‎ In a 2011 study of historical US energy subsidies published by DBL Investors, Nancy Pfund and Ben Healy analyse US federal government support for various energy industries during their formative years.

Repub Rep. Joe Walsh Applauds Ending Oil ... ThinkProgress

Rep. Joe Walsh Applauds Ending Oil ...

ThinkProgress - ‎4 hours ago‎

“Get rid of subsidies for the big oil companies if you want. Do it,” Walsh declared to loud applause, calling the move “important”: WALSH: You can do anything you want to.

Subsidies - If we fully unhid the Carbon Death Tax, all subsidies could vanish.

Subsidies - If we fully unhid the Carbon Death Tax, all subsidies could vanish.

There is a fairly loud argument associated with the Inglis / Geo Schultz GOP thinking that Taxes shift to Carbon Emissions from Income (WE'VE GOTTA BE SURE OF not $20/ton for co2 but $500/ton for CHO4 and regulation to spot emissions); and...

THAT SUBSIDIES, GO AWAY, ON OIL, COAL... AND ON RENEWABLES TOO!

I'd be ok with that, IF THE CARBON DEADLY DUMPING FEE WERE SUFFICIENTLY HIGHER THAN THE ABOVE, AS REQUIRED.

I'D BE OK WITH THAT. 

IF WE GOT ALL OF THE WRECKAGE COSTS OUT OF THE WAY, THE MARKET FORCES WOULD BE UNSTOPPABLE ON WIND, SOLAR, STORAGE, EV'S, BIOFUELS, SMART GRID, FEED IN TARRIF....

Loving

The Real Deal on U.S. Subsidies: Fossil's $72B,Renewable Energy's $12B Greentech Media

Greentech Media (blog)

The Real Deal on U.S. Subsidies: Fossil's $72B,Renewable Energy's $12B Greentech Media (blog) - ‎Aug 3, 2012‎ In a handy chart, they show just how stuffed the fossil fuel industry has gotten on government tax breaks and cash handouts, while the much smaller share of federal backing that goes to renewable energy has been the target of Congressional investigations.

US and UK to collaborate on 'floating' wind turbinesThe Guardian

US and UK to collaborate on 'floating' wind turbinesThe Guardian

Public back wind farm subsidies, survey suggests BBC News

Public back wind farm subsidies, survey suggests

BBC News - ‎8 hours ago‎

By Richard Black Environment correspondent, BBC News More Britons than not regard subsidies for wind power development as a good deal, an opinion poll suggests.

Study suggests people are in favour of wind energy in UKThe Engineer

Don't like wind farms? Why, that's undemocraticTelegraph.co.uk (blog)

US Treasury Department proposes refundable tax credit for wind energy Hydrogen Fuel News

US Treasury Department proposes refundable tax credit for wind energy

Hydrogen Fuel News - ‎5 hours ago‎

This proposal would bring changes to the federal Production Tax Credit for wind energy projects. Wind energy in the US depends heavily on tax incentives provided to companies by the federal government.

In acidic ocean, baby coral loses its way Futurity: Research News

In acidic ocean, baby coral loses its way

Futurity: Research News - ‎5 hours ago‎

(Credit: Stuart Hamilton/Flickr) U. QUEENSLAND (AUS) - Ocean acidification caused by human development can alter the behavior of baby corals, a new study shows.

Acidic oceans endangering baby coralsNewstrack India

Fishermen blast premier dive sites off Indonesia, decimating coral The Seattle Times

Fishermen blast premier dive sites off Indonesia, decimating coral

The Seattle Times - ‎1 hour ago‎

Sites hit by illegal fishing include some in Komodo National Park, a 500000-acre reserve in eastern Indonesia that is most famous for its Komodo dragons - the world's largest lizards - and its remote waters that burst with staggering levels of sea ...

Fishermen using explosives, cyanide destroy some of Asia's most spectacular ...Washington Post

Fishermen blast premier dive sites off IndonesiaAtlanta Journal Constitution

Justice: 90% twd Extinction: Salmonella outbreak hits Yellowfin tuna used in sushi,sashimi WJLA

Salmonella outbreak hits Yellowfin tuna used in sushi,sashimi

WJLA - ‎11 minutes ago‎

WASHINGTON (AP) - A yellowfin tuna product used to make dishes like sushi and sashimi sold at restaurants and grocery stores has been linked with an outbreak of salmonella that has sickened more than 100 people in 20 states and the District of ...

Governors Urge Congress To Extend Wind Energy Incentives North American Windpower

Governors Urge Congress To Extend Wind Energy Incentives

North American Windpower - ‎2 hours ago‎

They also encouraged the implementation of an ITC for the first 3 GW of offshore wind energy put into service. "Creating jobs and securing our energy future must be a priority at both the state and federal levels," they wrote.

Expired Treasury Renewable Energy Subsidy Created as Many as 75000 Green Jobs ...CleanTechnica

Report: The clean power cash grant program was workingGigaOM

Highly Cited:DOE: Renewable grant program was a big jobs creatorPolitico

The rules that should govern energy subsidies Salon

The rules that should govern energy subsidies

Salon - ‎2 hours ago‎

By Bill McKibben In this March 19, 2012, photo, a motorist pumps gas at a Mount Lebanon, Pa., mini-mart (Credit: AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Along with “fivedollaragallongas,” the energy watchword for the next few months is: “subsidies.

Fossil-fuel subsidies: Helping the richest get richerLos Angeles Times

Bill McKibben: How You Subsidize the Energy Giants to Wreck the PlanetOpEdNews

DEMAND CORPORATE WELFARE!

Why generators are terrified of solar
http://reneweconomy.com.au/2012/why-generators-are-terrified-of-solar-44279
Giles Parkinson, REnewEconomy, 26 March 2012
Here is a pair of graphs that demonstrate most vividly the merit order effect and the impact that solar is having on electricity prices in Germany; and why utilities there and elsewhere are desperate to try to reign in the growth of solar PV in Europe.

Pr. Obama - Congress can “stand with big oil companies, or they can stand with the American people." washpo

Obama: Americans getting hit twice over gas prices — at the pump and with tax ...

Washington Post - ‎28 minutes ago‎

President Obama struck an explicitly populist tone Thursday in calling for an end to federal subsidies for the petroleum industry, arguing that members of Congress can “stand with big oil companies, or they can stand with the American people.

"Strong evidence" linking extreme heatwaves, floods, and droughts to climate ... Mongabay.com

http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0328-hance_extremeweather_climatechange.html