Study Finds that US Subsidies for Fossil Fuels Are Almost 2.5x Those for Renewables
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 18, 2009
These figures raise the pressing question of whether scarce government funds might be better allocated to move the United States towards a low-carbon economy. billion went to traditional sources—such as coal and oil—and $2.3 Most of the largest subsidies to fossil fuels were written into the US Tax Code as permanent provisions.
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