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.
At a moment when we desperately need to
expand climate solutions, President Trump is trying to block the rise of clean energy to benefit fossil fuel billionaires who are already lining their pockets with massive
taxpayer subsidies.