Report. Summary slides from release. Growing production and more subsidies converge to trigger an estimated $93 billion in support to ethanol and biodiesel for the 2006-12 period. The report also contains a detailed review of the large and potentially environmentally harmful biofuels subsidies in the pending Energy and Farm bills. Prepared fo the Global Subsidies Initiative. (Oct. 2007).
Critique of the state's plans to subsidize ethanol, mandate biodiesel, and mostly ignore end-use efficiency. (Feb. 2008).
Provides subsidy cost per mt CO2eq abated via goverment supports to biofuels (including cellulosic) and nuclear energy. Integrating data from McKinsey & Co. on abatement options, demonstrates subsidies comprise the least efficient options for addressing climate change. Prepared for Greenpeace Solutions. (June 2008).
by Marshall Goldberg, for the Renewable Energy Policy Project. July 2000 Research Report No.
in Subsidies and Environment: Exploring the Linkages, Paris: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, 1996, pp. 201-218.
Published by the Alliance to Save Energy, 1993. Cover. Main report (PDF). Technical appendix.
Presentation to the OECD Workshop on Subsidy Reform and Sustainable Development, Helsinki, Finland. (June 2006).
Presentation (in Powerpoint) at the 2nd Annual OECD Technical Expert Meeting on Environmentally Harmful Subsidies, Paris, 3-4 November 2003. Provides and overview of the political dynamics of subsidies and the structural challenges to reforming them.