Tag: fossil fuel subsidies

  • Should we subsidise fossil fuels?

    Should we subsidise fossil fuels?

    This is what I’m thinking of asking my MP after getting a reply to my email asking for her and her party’s position on carbon pricing that just lists a load of things her party, Labour, will do to tackle climate change, but doesn’t mention carbon pricing at all, and I’ve barely heard any mention of it from Labour.

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  • The IMF on fossil fuel subsidies

    The IMF on fossil fuel subsidies

    In a new paper the IMF estimates

    global subsidies for fossil fuel energy implied by the underpricing of supply and environmental costs at a staggering $5.2 trillion in 2017, or 6.5 percent of world GDP

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