- Top EU countries spend $45 billion subsidizing fossil-fuel company cars, study says https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/top-eu-countries-spend-45-billion-subsidizing-fossil-fuel-company-cars-study-2024-10-20/ 4 comments europe
- To get serious about climate change, stop subsidizing fossil fuels. The G-20 countries, which have already agreed, in principle, to phase out fossil-fuel subsidies, should seize the moment. http://dailystar.com.lb/opinion/commentary/2013/nov-08/237143-to-get-serious-about-climate-change-stop-subsidizing-fossil-fuels.ashx#axzz2k3friu5m 3 comments politics
- Denmark Wages War on Fossil-fueled Cars to Make Room for a Million EVs "Danish government apparently plans to not only heavily subsidize electric cars even more but also increase ownership costs for fossil-fueled cars until they pretty much become a luxury item that not everyone can afford." https://www.autoevolution.com/news/denmark-wages-war-on-fossil-fueled-cars-to-make-room-for-a-million-evs-148448.html?utm_source=ae_self&utm_medium=ae_onscroll&utm_campaign=ae_onscroll 38 comments europe
- Biden Vows to Cut Emissions, But U.S. Continues to Subsidize Fossil Fuels Amid Climate Crisis https://www.democracynow.org/2021/4/23/biden_virtual_climate_summit 11 comments politics
- Canada, U.S. say end fossil fuel subsides as COP26 draft called 'weasel words' https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/canada-u-s-say-end-fossil-fuel-subsides-as-cop26-draft-called-weasel-words-1.5663944 17 comments worldnews
- The Fed Should Not Subsidize Fossil Fuels - The Fed should not be directing taxpayer money to further entrench the carbon economy. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/28/opinion/fed-fossil-fuels.html?amp%3B_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9AZJ_ml6oQ0Jg8AJWHHky07T3cTQz4ta6DTemFnmHYcA8CYsuo_ol8iMmq4K8LNymJ_bvfAybAVNC9N1CQvFHQaQF88w&%3B_hsmi=88619922&%3Butm_content=88619922&%3Butm_medium=email&%3Butm_source=hs_email 6 comments climate
- The Fed Should Not Subsidize Fossil Fuels - The Fed should not be directing taxpayer money to further entrench the carbon economy. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/28/opinion/fed-fossil-fuels.html?utm_campaign=hot%20news&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=88619922&_hsenc=p2anqtz-9azj_ml6oq0jg8ajwhhky07t3ctqz4ta6dtemfnmhyca8cysuo_ol8immq4k8lnymj_bvfaybavnc9n1cqvfhqaqf88w&_hsmi=88619922 8 comments politics
- SEN. WHITEHOUSE ON FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES: “WE ARE SUBSIDIZING THE DANGER” | U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget https://www.budget.senate.gov/chairman/newsroom/press/sen-whitehouse-on-fossil-fuel-subsidies-we-are-subsidizing-the-danger- 5 comments climate
- Taxpayers charged $7 Billion a year to subsidize fossil fuels on public lands https://www.ecowatch.com/taypayers-subsidize-public-lands-2420255485.html 24 comments economy
- Taxpayers charged $7 Billion a year to subsidize fossil fuels on public lands https://www.ecowatch.com/taypayers-subsidize-public-lands-2420255485.html 4 comments politics
- The Fed Gov subsidizes the fossil fuel industry, $95,000,000 each DAY. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/01/science/earth/01subsidy.html 3 comments politics
- COP26: World agrees to phase out some fossil fuel subsides– but coal deal weakened at last minute https://drillordrop.com/2021/11/13/cop26-world-agrees-to-phase-out-some-fossil-fuel-subsides-but-coal-deal-weakened-at-last-minute/ 3 comments climate
- Leaked EU Energy Package Subsidizes Fossil Fuels, Undermines Renewables http://www.eurasiareview.com/16112016-leaked-eu-energy-package-subsidizes-fossil-fuels-undermines-renewables/ 68 comments europe
- Federal Government Still Spending Billions To Subsidize Fossil Fuels http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/09/fossil-fuel-subsidies_n_5572346.html 6 comments politics
- Governments Spent Record $1 Trillion Last Year Subsidizing Fossil Fuels https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-02-16/fossil-fuel-subsidies-hit-record-1-trillion-in-2022-iea-says 40 comments environment
- Governments Spent Record $1 Trillion Subsidizing Fossil Fuels Last Year https://e360.yale.edu/digest/1-trillion-fossil-fuel-subsidies 44 comments energy
- Fossil Fuel Firms Are Subsidized at a Rate of $11 Million Per Minute https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2021/10/fossil-fuel-industry-subsidies-millions-per-minute-international-monetary-fund-imf/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+motherjones%2Ffeed+%28mother+jones+feed%29 77 comments worldnews
- Fossil Fuel Companies Got $8.2 Billion in Tax Bailouts—Then Fired Over 58,000 Workers | "It's time to stop subsidizing them and start facing the climate crisis," says a BailoutWatch analyst. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/04/02/fossil-fuel-companies-got-82-billion-tax-bailouts-then-fired-over-58000-workers 29 comments politics
- Trumps FERC farce wants to remove subsidies on renewable energy and nuclear energy, and subsidize fossil fuels instead. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19122019/ferc-pjm-grid-coal-subsidy-ruling-renewable-energy-nuclear-illinois-pennsylvania-climate-change 10 comments politics
- 430+ Groups From 6 Continents Demand Biden End All US Subsidies for Global Fossil Fuel Projects. "We have to stop subsidizing fossil fuel companies at the expense of our climate." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/18/430-groups-6-continents-demand-biden-end-all-us-subsidies-global-fossil-fuel 29 comments politics
- Carbon Taxes Alone Aren’t Good Climate Policy: Gernot Wagner - To drive down tomorrow’s CO₂ emissions, governments need to subsidize fossil fuel alternatives, too. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-06/carbon-taxes-alone-aren-t-good-climate-policy-gernot-wagner?amp%3B_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_LOKMTifQRBOyBKPfIteUS614oCgKv8wxXXYWRlw9J4Stw6ifvRROkHzjepBEiKsCMLVEHZfTHOdXcs7_TqT3KXqYXlw&%3B_hsmi=83045765&%3Butm_content=83045765&%3Butm_medium=email&%3Butm_source=hs_email 12 comments climate
- Carbon Taxes Alone Aren’t Good Climate Policy: Gernot Wagner - To drive down tomorrow’s CO₂ emissions, governments need to subsidize fossil fuel alternatives, too. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-06/carbon-taxes-alone-aren-t-good-climate-policy-gernot-wagner?amp%3B_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_LOKMTifQRBOyBKPfIteUS614oCgKv8wxXXYWRlw9J4Stw6ifvRROkHzjepBEiKsCMLVEHZfTHOdXcs7_TqT3KXqYXlw&%3B_hsmi=83045765&%3Butm_content=83045765&%3Butm_medium=email&%3Butm_source=hs_email 3 comments environment
- Carbon Taxes Alone Aren’t Good Climate Policy: Gernot Wagner - To drive down tomorrow’s CO₂ emissions, governments need to subsidize fossil fuel alternatives, too. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-06/carbon-taxes-alone-aren-t-good-climate-policy-gernot-wagner?utm_campaign=hot%20news&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=83045765&_hsenc=p2anqtz-_lokmtifqrboybkpfiteus614ocgkv8wxxxywrlw9j4stw6ifvrrokhzjepbeikscmlvehzfthodxcs7_tqt3kxqyxlw&_hsmi=83045765 10 comments politics
- Fossil fuel 'pre and post-tax subsides' amount to $5.2 trillion globally https://www.vox.com/2019/5/17/18624740/fossil-fuel-subsidies-climate-imf 34 comments worldnews
- Bombshell IMF Study: United States Is World's Number One Fossil Fuel Subsidizer http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/03/29/1791811/bombshell-imf-study-united-sates-is-worlds-number-one-fossil-fuel-subsidizer/?mobile=wp 10 comments politics
- Bombshell IMF Study: United States Is World’s Number One Fossil Fuel Subsidizer http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/03/29/1791811/bombshell-imf-study-united-sates-is-worlds-number-one-fossil-fuel-subsidizer/ 11 comments politics
- Even as Weather Shatters Records, We Subsidize Oil and Gas: taxpayers are still paying fossil fuel companies more than $20 billion a year to do business https://www.nrdc.org/experts/sujatha-bergen/even-weather-shatters-records-we-subsidize-oil-and-gas 5 comments economy
- Humanity Subsidizing 'Our Own Extinction,' Warns Study: World governments are spending $1.8 trillion annually to support fossil fuel emissions, deforestation, water pollution, and other harms to biodiversity and the planet. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/02/17/humanity-subsidizing-our-own-extinction-warns-study 54 comments environment
- The CARES Act Is Subsidizing Fossil Capital. Fossil fuel companies are once again receiving a bailout bonanza of COVID-19 stimulus money. Money that could go to helping workers is propping up the agents of climate change. https://jacobinmag.com/2020/06/cares-act-coronavirus-fossil-fuel 7 comments politics
- Should We Subsidize Nuclear Power to Fight Climate Change? That’s what some are advocating, but the arguments in favor of doing so are flawed. It may be best to get onward with the transition from fossil fuels and nuclear power to renewables. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/should-we-subsidize-nuclear-power-to-fight-climate-change/ 9 comments worldnews
- "Globally, $300B a year goes to subsidizing fossil fuels and less than a tenth of that goes to renewable energy technology...We have the solutions, the blockage is political." http://faqmp.ichannel.ca/videos/elizabeth-may-on-oil-monopoly-in-canada/ 195 comments politics
- New Mexico's hydrogen plan subsidizes fossil fuels. Hydrogen Hub Act hopes to help NM solve its reliance on fossil fuels. But is hydrogen just another dirty energy option? Clean-energy advocates worry that building out a hydrogen market will distract from simpler, cheaper renewable-energy plans. https://energynews.us/2022/01/05/new-mexicos-hydrogen-plan-could-subsidize-fossil-fuels-over-clean-energy/ 5 comments energy
- Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Includes $25 Billion in Potential New Subsidies for Fossil Fuels: Instead of reducing the role of fossil fuels in the economy, critics say, the bill subsidizes industry “greenwashing.” https://theintercept.com/2021/08/03/bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-climate-subsidies-fossil-fuel/ 4 comments environment
- Why Are We Subsidizing Fossil Fuels? Seriously. The Trump Administration continues propping up the fossil fuel industry — despite the sector facing real financial problems that began long before the COVID-19 pandemic. Economics are increasingly on the side of renewables. https://cleantechnica.com/2020/05/24/why-are-we-subsidizing-fossil-fuels-seriously/ 96 comments energy
- Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies Hit $5.2 Trillion | That means that in 2017 the world spent a whopping 6.5 percent of global GDP just to subsidize the consumption of fossil fuels https://finance.yahoo.com/news/global-fossil-fuel-subsidies-hit-210000114.html 156 comments worldnews
- Fossil fuel subsidies are a staggering $5 tn per year - A new study finds 6.5% of global GDP goes to subsidizing dirty fossil fuels https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2017/aug/07/fossil-fuel-subsidies-are-a-staggering-5-tn-per-year 182 comments worldnews
- Wealthy nations spend 40 times as much money subsidizing fossil fuel production as they contribute to the Green Climate Fund to help poor countries adapt to global warming http://www.trust.org/item/20151203180348-7xpzq/?source=leadcarousel 5 comments worldnews
- The 'Shocking' Cost of Letting Companies Pollute for Free. This year, the report estimates, fossil fuels are being subsidized to the tune of $5.3 trillion, or 6.5 percent of global gross domestic product. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-19/here-s-how-much-cheap-energy-really-costs 50 comments worldnews
- Fossil Fuel Subsidies Cost $5 Trillion Annually and Worsen Pollution: The International Monetary Fund notes that subsides for burning fossil fuels enrich the wealthy and make air pollution worse http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fossil-fuel-subsidies-cost-5-trillion-annually-and-worsen-pollution/ 162 comments worldnews
- Conservative solar proponents decry attack on ballot initiative as 'campaign of deception'. "AFP frequently mentions the subsidies for solar, but fails to bring up the fact fossil fuel and nuclear have been very heavily subsidized since 1932 and still are." http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/energy/conservative-solar-proponents-decry-attack-on-ballot-initiative-as/2220465 9 comments politics