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Rich countries subsidising oil, gas and coal companies by $88bn a year

2014-11-11 01:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Rich countries are subsidising oil, gas and coal companies by about $88bn (55.4bn) a year to explore for new reserves, despite evidence that most fossil fuels must be left in the ground if the world is to avoid dangerous climate change. The most detailed breakdown yet of global fossil fuel subsidies has found that the US government provided companies with $5.2bn for fossil fuel exploration in 2013, Australia spent $3.5bn, Russia $2.4bn and the UK $1.2bn. Most of the support was in the form of tax...

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