Officials Prepare to Defend Department of Energy Budget Priorities

The administration plans to cut $85 million from the DOE's fossil energy research budget and $105 million from the budget for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), which stockpiles crude for use in the event of a major disruption to supplies. The SPR money would have been used to build additio...

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Published inOil Daily
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Energy Intelligence Group 16.03.2010
Subjects
Climate change
Electric vehicles
Electricity distribution
Energy efficiency
Energy research
Fossil fuels
Funding
Nuclear weapons
R&D
Renewable resources
Research & development
Storage capacity
Strategic petroleum reserve
Tax cuts
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Summary:The administration plans to cut $85 million from the DOE's fossil energy research budget and $105 million from the budget for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), which stockpiles crude for use in the event of a major disruption to supplies. The SPR money would have been used to build additional storage capacity in Mississippi.
ISSN:1529-4366