This could provide a defence against future emissions regulations or perhaps help it grab green subsidies.
Another trillion dollars in green subsidies had been needed, yet the administration failed to deliver.
His running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, would reduce all green energy subsidies by 90 percent by 2014.
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The Trademark Office has traditionally been a profit center and its big political issue has been fighting to retain all the fees it collects so that it can upgrade and maintain its own operations, rather than having its surplus shipped back to Congress to pay for green energy subsidies, or something.
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They did what comes naturally and wrote a bill that was all about transfer payments, temporary tax subsidies, green industrial policy, homeowner subsidies, 99 weeks of jobless benefits and all the rest.
Germany and Spain took steps to dial back green-energy subsidies that have driven up household electricity bills.
On the business side, he wants to bring the corporate rate down to 25%, paid for by eliminating certain deductions and green energy tax subsidies "so we're not constantly picking the energy flavor of the month, " and perhaps eliminating the tax advantages of debt financing over equity.
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The end of subsidies for green vehicles in Japan hurt Toyota sales in its home market.
Last Friday, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced it was launching an investigation into Chinese subsidies of green energy.
And he should start with special subsidies for green-eating green energy.
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Duncan Brack, a former member of the party's Federal Policy Committee, suggested Mr Osborne "seemed to have declared war on green energy" by seeking to revise green regulation, cut subsidies for offshore wind and carbon emission targets.
Despite the push in green cars in previous years following government subsidies for cleaner vehicles, this year's focus turned to gas-guzzling SUVs.
As the two rehearsed the themes in the book increased infrastructure spending, the need for government to support green businesses like solar and wind power through subsidies and incentives, commitments by private sector players to expand hiring father and daughter both seemed completely engaged in the material.
What about the massive subsidies bestowed upon U.S. green industries and farmers?
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Instead of pouring money into subsidies and direct production support of existing, inefficient green energy, President Obama should focus on dramatically ramping up investments into the research and development of green energy.
Without subsidies, federal loans or draconian national regulations, many green-related ventures will cut as oppose to add jobs, as is already beginning to occur.
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Does anyone want to bet me on my assertion that green energy will never be able to stand on its own absent major subsidies?
When you combine heavy government subsidies and low labor costs, China is an ideal location for green energy jobs.
If they want to make one big green gesture, though, leaders could most usefully agree to phase out the subsidies they pay for the dirtiest fuels, particularly coal.
Their opposition to global climate change agreements keeps the prices of their energy exports low against "green" competitors such as wind and solar, reducing economic incentives to conserve, especially when subsidies are taken into account.
The Ministry of Science and Technology confirmed that it has provided subsidies to more than 100 solar companies, including U.S. listed players Trina Solar and Yingli Green Energy.
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