Today the House passed a Continuing Resolution and a minibus that included the final FY09 Defense spending bill, which had 6 earmarks for coal-to-liquid and synthetic fuels projects, totaling $19 million. Senator Stevens (R-AK) hauled down the most earmarks overall and pair worth $10 million for Alaska’s Eilson Air Force Base Coal-to-Liquid Initiative.
Breakout of Earmarks Coal-to-Liquid/Synfuel Projects
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Eilson Air Force Base Coal-to-Liquid Initiative* |
$5,000,000 |
Senator Stevens |
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Eilson Air Force Base Coal-to-Liquid Initiative* |
$5,000,000 |
Senator Stevens |
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AF Coal Transformation Laboratory |
$800,000 |
Senator Lugar |
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Freedom Fuels/Coal Fuels Alliance |
$3,200,000 |
Senator Bunning |
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Synthetic Fuel Innovation |
$4,000,000 |
Senator Byrd |
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Shipboard Production Synthetic Aviation Fuel |
$1,000,000 |
Senator Bennett |
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Total: |
$19,000.000 |
*This project receives a total of $10 million, as $5 million is earmarked to two different accounts.
See TCS’s fact sheet on Coal-to-Liquids for more information.
For more information, please contact Autumn Hanna at (202) 546-8500 x112 or autumn[at]taxpayer.net
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