Energy Subsidies
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Governments Spent $5.3 Trillion in 2015 to Subsidize Fossils, Pay for the Damage
Governments spent US$5.3 trillion to subsidize fossil fuels in 2015 and pay for their economic impacts, adding up to an eye-popping 6.5% of global ... -
Newest Republican Governor Asks Trump for $15-Per-Ton Coal Bailout
This time last week, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice was an identified Democrat. On Thursday, he very publicly became a Trump Republican. Now he ... -
Heritage Foundation Joins Fight Against New U.S. Solar Tariffs
Some unexpected allies are signing on to the effort to dissuade the Trump administration from imposing tariffs on solar panels imported into the United ... -
Siemens Closes Tillsonburg Wind Plant, Lays Off 340 Workers
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy’s announcement Tuesday that it is shutting down its Tillsonburg, Ontario wind turbine blade facility and laying off 340 workers could ... -
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Republican Split Over CCS Project Subsidy Could Be ‘Trump’s Keystone’
An experimental, US$3.8-billion synthetic gas project in Lake Charles, Louisiana is pitting pro-Trump businesses, congressional Republicans, and Breitbart News against the Tea Party and ... -
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Global Climate Finance: Time to Cut Fossil Subsidies, Boost Climate Resilience
To untangle the complexities of the climate finance commitments in the Paris agreement, it helps to think about salad and ice cream, Rocky Mountain ... -
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G19 Plan Connects Infrastructure Investment to Climate Action
It hasn’t received much attention since the close of the leaders’ summit in Hamburg, but the 13-page Hamburg Climate and Energy Action Plan for ... -
Climate Policy/Meetings/NegotiationsEnergy SubsidiesFinance & InvestmentInternational Agencies & Studies
G20 Lavish $71.8B Per Year on Fossil Projects, Four Times Their Renewables Investment
G20 public finance institutions and multilateral development banks poured US$71.8 billion per year into fossil projects between 2013 and 2015, four times the amount ... -
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Methane Leaks Pose Public Health, Safety Risk at Alberta’s Abandoned Wells
Hundreds of abandoned oil and gas wells in Alberta are leaking methane at rates high enough to pose local health and even explosion risks, ... -
Billions in EU Bioenergy Subsidies Drive Greenwashed U.S. Wood Pellet Production, NRDC and Dogwood Charge
The Natural Resources Defense Council and the Dogwood Alliance are calling the bioenergy industry on what it sees as four years of greenwashing, charging ... -
World Trade Body Could Help Slash Fossil Fuel Subsidies
The World Trade Organization is seldom seem as a friend to environmental movements. But a recent workshop at WTO headquarters in Geneva, co-convened with ... -
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New State Law Jump-Starts Florida Renewables
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed a law that will allow property tax exemptions for solar, wind, and geothermal installations on commercial and residential ... -
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Trans Mountain Cancellation, Carbon Tax Boost Emerge as Early NDP-Green Priorities
An all-out push to cancel the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion and a $5-per-tonne annual increase in provincial carbon tax are among the early policy ... -
G7 Minus One Reaffirm Paris Commitments, as Trump Decision Looms Again
Six out of seven G7 leaders renewed their commitments to greenhouse gas reductions at the end of their meeting in Taormina, Sicily Saturday, underscoring ... -
Trudeau Government Keeps Auditor-General in the Dark on Fossil Fuel Subsidies
The Canadian government has saved hundreds of millions of dollars by phasing out some of its fossil fuel subsidies, but hasn’t shown that it’s ...
