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- The Mirage of Fossil Fuel Subsidies: Unraveling the IMF’s Dubious Claims Fri, 15 Sep 23, 11:00pmClimate policy is clearly beyond the scope of any financial regulator’s expertise.
- State of Georgia Helping Delta Airlines Reduce CO2 Emissions Sat, 3 Apr 21, 4:00amIn the wake of Delta Airlines criticism of Georgia's voter integrity laws, the Georgia House of Representatives is stripping Delta of state fuel tax exemptions, to help Delta resist the temptation to use fossil fuel.
- Claim: China’s Covid-19 Recovery is Not Green Enough Sun, 20 Dec 20, 1:00amDespite recent promises by President Xi Jinping that China has embraced firm CO2 targets, analysts are concerned that China still appears to be investing a lot of capital into expanding fossil fuel capacity.
- Forbes: The Shipping Industry is Subsidising the Oil Industry by buying Oil Mon, 21 Sep 20, 3:00amForbes has set a new benchmark in green attempts to somehow demonstrate fossil fuels are subsidised, by suggesting that shipping companies buying heavy fuel oil of their own free will is a form of fossil fuel subsidy.
- Fossil Fuel Fake Subsidies Top $5 Trillion in 2017 Thu, 16 May 19, 5:00amGuest slam dunk by David Middleton From the ever unreliable Nick Cunningham at Oil Price Dot Com… Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies Hit $5.2 TrillionBy Nick Cunningham – May 12, 2019 The world spent a staggering...
- Brown-to-Green Report: “G20 nations still led by fossil fuel industry”… Because fossil fuels are good for people. Wed, 5 Dec 18, 2:52amGuest slam-dunk by David Middleton G20 nations still led by fossil fuel industry, climate report finds Coal, oil and gas subsidies risking rise in global temperatures to 3.2C, well beyond agreed Paris goal Jonathan Watts...
- G7 leaders agree to stop subsidizing fossil fuels by 2025 Tue, 31 May 16, 1:10amThe G7 hammered one more nail in the fossil fuel industry's coffin. As many countries pursue clean energy technology and progress towards renewable energy, G7 leaders wrote in a joint declaration of their determination to...
- Alarming study shows disastrous climate change will strike much sooner than expected Fri, 11 Mar 16, 3:30amEconomists and molecular bioscientists from Australia teamed up to make drastic suggestions for how we can fight climate change. They published a model in Plos One that revealed the 2°C temperature limit will likely arrive...
- Governments Give $500 Billion to Climate Change-Causing Fossil Fuels Industry Tue, 12 Nov 13, 4:45amGovernments around the world are contributing to catastrophic climate change and blocking renewable energy alternatives by subsidizing the fossil fuel industry...
- Bill Introduced in Congress Will End $113 Billion in Fossil Fuel Subsidies Sat, 12 May 12, 6:00amYesterday legislation dubbed the “End Polluter Welfare Act” was announced in Congress by Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) and U.S. Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN). The bill will put an end to as much as $113 billion...
- 350.org Vows to Take on Big Oil Subsidies in Washington D.C. Sat, 10 Mar 12, 4:20amBill McKibben and the team at 350.org are surely celebrating today as the Senate voted yesterday against the Keystone XL pipeline, however, that doesn’t mean they are resting. They’ve announced their next fight...