The 112th Congress made a record - breaking 191 votes to kill air pollution rules, protect
Big Oil subsidies, and block efforts to fight climate change, earning it this dubious distinction:
Not exact matches
Responding to Tory charges that the NDP's proposed cap - and - trade system would wind up raising gas prices by 10 cents per litre, Jack Layton blamed Stephen Harper «s
subsidies to
big oil companies and support for the harmonized sales tax in Ontario for higher gas prices.
Tax cuts for the rich,
subsidies for
oil companies that raked in billions in profits, laws passed making it much more difficult to declare bankruptcy and also legislation absolving
big phrams of any lawsuits due to their non compete policies.
First Grimm voted with his Republican leadership to end Medicare while protecting
subsidies for
Big Oil and tax breaks for billionaires.
The military practically abolished Nigeria's federal system in favour of a unitary, distributive economy in which we all shared proceeds of
oil; they created more and more states eroding sub-national economic viability; they nationalized and indigenized banks and declared that government would hold the «commanding heights» of our economy, marginalizing investment and the private sector brought in «
big government»; they implemented «Udoji awards» and other elements of
oil and FX
subsidies that Nigeria battles to overcome today; and the about - to - depart government of Murtala / Obasanjo took the first $ 1billion jumbo loan that set Nigeria on the path to debt peonage!
What we know from reading the actual findings of this study, as well as several other analyses of the climate impacts of fossil fuel
subsidy removal, is that nixing
oil, gas, and coal
subsidies would be a
big win for the climate, would saves money, and could free up resources to help the poorest and most vulnerable.
Yet her warnings fell on deaf ears in the scientific community — much to the public's misfortune — due mostly to the ties between the vegetable
oil industry and
big - money corporations with their government
subsidies.
-- If
big oil gets a dollar in
subsidies then Mom and Pop get $ 5 to winterize their homes and upgrade their heating systems.
-- perhaps the «problem» is not
big oil or
big coal, both of which have discovered there is
big money to be made from tax breaks and other
subsidies justified in the name of combating carbon.
Demand that renewable energy industries such as solar and wind receive
subsidies instead of
big oil.
It's because of
subsidies and money fiddles; and because those things suck and will have to be massively supplemented by the products of...
Big Oil!
The so - called «
big bang» removal of
subsidies in early 2015, along with efforts to target remaining
subsidies to poor households and low
oil prices, have been successful in significantly reducing the amount of
subsidies.
To pay for the renewable incentives, the House bill is expected to repeal about $ 21 billion in tax
subsidies extended to
big oil and gas producers like Exxon Mobil Corp, ConocoPhillips and Chevron Corp..
Bilbray has also voted to continue granting billions in
subsidies to
Big Oil while cutting funds to important initiatives like the National Ocean Policy.
«Perhaps the «problem» is not
big oil or
big coal, both of which have discovered there is
big money to be made from tax breaks and other
subsidies justified in the name of combating carbon.
What makes
Big Oil's attack particularly galling is that the oil and gas industry benefitted from large government subsidies for decad
Oil's attack particularly galling is that the
oil and gas industry benefitted from large government subsidies for decad
oil and gas industry benefitted from large government
subsidies for decades.
In private,
big energy firms were offered sweetheart deals to acquiesce to the climate bill, including expanded offshore drilling for
oil giants like BP and taxpayer
subsidies for coal and nuclear interests that outstripped those for clean energy.
To address this threat to competitiveness, the Leach panel recommended that some of the revenues collected through the carbon tax — at least $ 2.5 billion, by some estimates — be returned to
big emitters by way of a
subsidy tied to how much they produce, whether it's barrels of
oil or kilowatts of electricity or some other sector - specific output.
# 2 Al Gore (his father too)- «W» (his father too)- Clinton (s)- Obama - Barney Frank - Most all Democrats and Republicans (et al) have voted for Patriot Act,
Big Factory Famer
Subsidies,
Big Oil Subdization,
Big Chemical (Monsanto) Subsidization,
Big GMO Seed Production (Monsanto),
Big Coal Production, Foreign Military Construction (Expansionism),
Big Mining, HUGE Gov» t Contracts (Blackwater - et al).