Sentences with phrase «push coal subsidies»

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There was some bad news for Drax recently as the UK government decided that biomass subsidies would not keep climbing as the «carbon price floor» — levied on fossil fuel production (and due to rise further)-- on electricity consumption has caused a backlash from manufacturers, consumer groups and energy suppliers who are concerned that the «tax will push up prices, make the UK uncompetitive and force the premature closure of coal - fired power plants, increasing the risk of blackouts.»

The coal industry are clearly in the business of suppressing alternatives, pushing the clean coal fraud, garnering massive subsidies and snapping up free permits to pollute indefinitely.