Friends of the Earth

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U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund

Advance to Introduction

Advance to Spending Subsidies

Advance to the Military-Related Production Subsidies

Advance to International Subsidies

Advance to Tax Section

Advance to the Money Trail Section

Endnotes

[1] Reports done by the Department of Energy and the Alliance to Save Energy varied widely in their assessment of domestic energy subsidies. In 1989, the DOE estimated subsidies between $4.9 and $14.1 billion. In 1992, the Alliance to Save Energy estimated subsidies between $21 and 36 billion.

[2] Shelby, Shackleton, Shealy and Cristofaro. Reforming Energy and Transportation Subsidies: Environment and Economic Implications. Chapter 5 "Climate Change Implications of Eliminating U.S. Energy Subsidies," OECD, 1997.

[3] D. W Jorgenson Associate, "Elimination of Federal Energy Subsidies: Environmental Gains, Tax Considerations and Economic Consequences," 1993 as cited in Cristofaro study above.

[4] Jon Sohn and Daphne Wysham. OPIC, Ex-IM, & Climate Change: Business as Usual? Friends of the Earth, 1999.

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