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2012 House Appropriations Bill Proposes DOE Budget Cuts

June 2, 2011 by Breakthrough Institute
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Today, the House Appropriations Committee released its FY12 Energy and Water and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, legislation that if passed would set FY12 funding levels for the Department of Energy and various other federal agencies. While the exact language of the bill has yet to be released, its high level summary suggests that... [read more]

Energy Information Administration Press Release

April 29, 2011 by Michael Tobis
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H/T KoTR, who asks "does anybody see a problem with this?"Immediate Reductions in EIA's Energy Data and Analysis Programs Necessitated by FY 2011 Funding CutWASHINGTON, DC - The final fiscal year (FY) 2011 budget provides $95.4 million for the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), a reduction of $15.2 million, or 14 percent,... [read more]

An Anti-Innovation Strategy: The Heritage Foundations Deficit Reduction and Energy Proposal

April 27, 2011 by Matthew Stepp
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 The full fact sheet and the information contained in this post was produced by ITIF along with the Americans for Energy Leadership and the Breakthrough Institute. The full report titled Counterpoint: The Heritage Foundation Backgrounder can be found and downloaded here. Last week the Heritage Foundation released a policy "... [read more]

Would GOP Budget Ax Cut Clean Tech?

January 6, 2011 by Josh Freed
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Taking House Republicans at face value on their pledge to cut 20% of all non-defense discretionary spending, we took a quick look at what cuts might mean for America's ability to compete in the $2 trillion clean energy market. So what might a 20% chop look like? [read more]

Green Jobs Threatened By Government Cuts

June 27, 2010 by Vicky Portwain
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Green jobs could be threatened by UK government spending cuts it has emerged this week. Government departments are for the first time facing 25% budget reductions and this is expected to have significant consequences for the country. One area of public spending at risk is ‘The Ports fund’. The fund was announced by the Labour government... [read more]