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Just 10% of fossil fuel subsidy cash 'could pay for green transition'
Redirecting a small portion of subsidies would unleash clean energy revolution, says report.
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G20 Nations Still Led by Fossil Fuel Industry, Climate Report Finds
Ongoing coal, oil and gas subsidies risk raising global temperatures to 3.2°C, well beyond the agreed Paris goal.
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Want to Save the Climate? Break Up the Big Banks
Despite regularly claiming new commitments to "green finance," the big banks continue to funnel billions of dollars into the fossil fuel industry every year.
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Act Out! [155] - Corporate Sugar Daddies & How To Fix the Healthcare System
Everyone that comes into contact with our healthcare – or rather sick care – system knows it's broken, or rather that it's fixed. We highlight the easy solution and the difficult path to getting everyone the care they need, no strings attached.
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Dependent on Denial – How the U.S. Fossil Fuel Industry Depends on Subsidies and Climate Denial
A recent report reveals that U.S. taxpayers continue to foot the bill for more than $20 billion in fossil fuel subsidies each year.
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Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are a Staggering $5 Trillion Per Year
A study was just published in the journal World Development that quantifies the amount of subsidies directed toward fossil fuels globally, and the results are shocking.
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U.S. Taxpayers Subsidizing World's Biggest Fossil Fuel Companies
A Guardian investigation of three specific projects run by Shell, ExxonMobil and Marathon Petroleum reveals that the subsidies were all granted by politicians who received significant campaign contributions from the fossil fuel industry.
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Scrap Fossil Fuel Subsidies Now and Bring In Carbon Tax, Says World Bank Chief
Jim Yong Kim predicts that putting taxes on the use of carbon would trigger a wave of clean technology to lift people out of poverty in the developing world while preventing global temperatures from rising by more than 2C above pre-industrial levels.
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Subsidy Madness: U.S. Taxpayers Still Spending $21 Billion to Fund Big Oil and Gas
At least two-thirds of fossil fuel reserves need to stay in the ground to avoid catastrophic climate impacts – so let's end the massive subsidies that encourage their production.
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News Roundup: Corporations Demand Carbon Cap, While Harvard Professors Urge Divestment
Landmark UN analysis concludes that a global roll-out of clean energy would shave only a tiny fraction off economic growth while diverting hundred of billions of dollars away from fossil fuels.
