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Subsidies for the arts in the Suburbs

stringsblog wrote 12 hours ago: June 3rd 2009, the district of Longeuil, in Quebec, Canada gave out more than 200 000$ in grants and … more →

Tags: Music and Arts, Art, violist

Forced To Buy Health Insurance1 comment

rabidliberal wrote 1 day ago: Under the proposed Senate Bill, people who refuse to buy health insurance will be fined over $1000/y … more →

Tags: Life, Opinion, Politics, Economy, health, Insurance, obama

Climate Change Bill Clears House, Uncertain Future in Senate1 comment

sugarcaneblog wrote 1 week ago: The U.S. House of Representatives approved landmark climate change legislation by a 219-212 vote, af … more →

Tags: RFS, enviroment, Corn, ethanol, biofuels, Climate Change, ILUC, déforestation, corn ethanol

Renewable Energy?

badeconomics wrote 1 week ago: Exelon needs $60 million from the federal government to make a Solar project economically viable.  T … more →

Tags: Energy, Business, renewable energy, Rent Seekers

Government intervention isn't the answer1 comment

homepaddock wrote 1 week ago: Thousands of farmers from the European Union’s 27 member states are taking to the streets of L … more →

Tags: farming, Politics, EU, Irish Farmers' Association, Luxembourg, Padraig Walshe, Pekka Pesonen

How much profit does the non-profit Planned Parenthood make?1 comment

Wintery Knight wrote 1 week ago: This article from the American Spectator provides the answer. Excerpt: Left-wing activists are indig … more →

Tags: Commentary, Economics, Government, Abortion, México, Public, Spending, Money, obama

Milk too expensive or people too poor?2 comments

homepaddock wrote 2 weeks ago: Otago University researchers have found the price of milk is beyond the bugets of low-income familie … more →

Tags: Economy, Trade, farming, GST, Dairy, University of Otago, Louise Signal, Moira Smith

Oil CEO Blasts Corn Ethanol, Calls for Cutting Tariff1 comment

sugarcaneblog wrote 2 weeks ago: This morning on C-SPAN, the CEO of Anadarko, James Hackett, spoke on U.S. energy and climate change … more →

Tags: biofuels, Climate Change, Corn, enviroment, ethanol, food vs fuel, Sugarcane, tariff, corn ethanol

Not another quacking subsidy1 comment

Philippa Stevenson wrote 2 weeks ago: In business it seems that if subsidies are the answer then someone asked the wrong question. How els … more →

Tags: Dairy, Dairy Export Incentive Program, Fran O'Sullivan, Protectionism

Buy German - or Czech if you prefer4 comments

Hermann Observer wrote 2 weeks ago: So much for my theory about this being a German car subsidy conspiracy plan. What a lemon, this Germ … more →

Tags: Heconomy

Two peas in a pod. (An organically grown GMO pod of course)4 comments

Vines & Cattle wrote 2 weeks ago: It’s been a while since good old Steve Cornett at Beef Today has said anything interesting, but his … more →

Tags: Beef, food policy, Ag Policy, alternative farming, Bureaucracy, Eric Schlosser, Joel Salatin, National Animal Identification System, Pollan

Big Oil's Investments in Corn Ethanol Costs Taxpayers Billions

sugarcaneblog wrote 2 weeks ago: According to a report from the the U.S. oil industry, they are are the biggest investors in greenhou … more →

Tags: tariff, Lobby, GHG, Government, enviroment, Corn, sustainability, Investors, Sugarcane

El Salvador: Anda to modify potable water subsidy

dietvorst wrote 2 weeks ago: El Salvador’s national aqueduct and sewerage authority Anda [Administración Nacional de Acuedu … more →

Tags: El Salvador, Financing, Water supply, water supply charges, Water Utilities

Public spending we could do without: the civil list15 comments

Rob Killick wrote 2 weeks ago: George Osborne has responded to claims that the main parties are failing to own up to their public s … more →

Tags: Economy, Government Policy, Berlusconi, civil list, ID Cards, Monarchy, Politics, Prince Charles, public spending cuts

Nigeria, Kano State: residents taste first clean water in 10 years

dietvorst wrote 2 weeks ago: Officials in northern Nigeria’s Kano State have rehabilitated a creaking water plant in the small to … more →

Tags: Nigeria, Transparency, Water Supply, corruption, S0907-Africa, water supply charges

Does legalized abortion increase or decrease child abuse?1 comment

Wintery Knight wrote 2 weeks ago: Neil Simpson has created a round-up of links on his blog. All the stories in his round-up are intere … more →

Tags: Commentary, Feminism, Atheism, Abortion, Pro-Life, pro choice, Pro-Abortion, Moral Relativism, happiness

Lawmakers in Farm Belt Try to Steer Climate Bill2 comments

sugarcaneblog wrote 3 weeks ago: The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has an article today (Lawmakers in Farm Belt Try to Steer Climate Bill … more →

Tags: tariff, Lobby, Cellulosic, RFS, enviroment, Corn, ethanol, biofuels, Climate Change

US & EU prolong the recession with subsidies?

kiwitravelwriter wrote 3 weeks ago: Just had to pass this editorial on …  it’s from last weeks copy of the only magazine I h … more →

Tags: Odds and Ends, USA, subsisdy, EU, recession

Food Industry says Higher Ethanol Blends Increase Corn Prices

sugarcaneblog wrote 3 weeks ago: Expanding the allowable ethanol blend from E10 to E15 would push up corn prices and other grains, ca … more →

Tags: tariff, ffv, enviroment, Blends, Corn, Sugarcane, ethanol, biofuels, growth energy


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