The international community has committed to phase out
subsidies for fossil fuel use, including in the electricity sector.
Not exact matches
A target of $ 250 million in reduced
fossil fuel subsidies is our starting point, and a first step will be to allow
for the
use of the Canadian Exploration Expenses tax deduction only in cases of unsuccessful exploration.
Fossil fuel interests are using their clout at the White House and in Congress to sabotage every renewable energy program that comes along, while make sure massive government subsidies, on the order of $ 100 billion a year when you count it all up, continue to flow to the fossil fuel industry (U.S. military expenditures are $ 500 billion a year, and good chunk of that is devoted to protecting overseas oilfields, for exa
Fossil fuel interests are
using their clout at the White House and in Congress to sabotage every renewable energy program that comes along, while make sure massive government
subsidies, on the order of $ 100 billion a year when you count it all up, continue to flow to the
fossil fuel industry (U.S. military expenditures are $ 500 billion a year, and good chunk of that is devoted to protecting overseas oilfields, for exa
fossil fuel industry (U.S. military expenditures are $ 500 billion a year, and good chunk of that is devoted to protecting overseas oilfields,
for example).
He also called
for the removal of
subsidies that increase the
use of
fossil fuels.
Such policies would encourage economic growth as the foundation
for a cleaner environment, responsible development and
use of
fossil fuels until superior energy sources are found, and repeal of many of the regulations,
subsidies, and taxes passed at the height of the man - made global warming scare.
Most developed countries supported a text calling
for a transition to a green economy that included phasing out
fossil fuel subsidies, the
use and production of renewable energies, and creating «green» jobs in this new economic model.
The reduction of heat - trapping gas (greenhouse gas) emissions is stimulated by lowering existing
subsidies that have the effect of raising emissions (such as
subsidies to
fossil fuel use) or by providing
subsidies for practices that reduce emissions or enhance sinks (e.g.
for insulation of buildings or
for planting trees).
The
fossil -
fuel support policies that governments
use include direct
subsidies, intervention in markets in ways that affect costs or prices, assumption of a part of companies» financial risks, tax reductions or exemptions, and under — charging
for the
use of government — supplied goods, services or assets.
As
for your desire
for healthcare to be factored into the
fossil fuel costs, that is more of guilt propaganda than logical argument.They certainly could not be
used for subsidy arguments as the government doesn't pay
for all those healthcare costs (we're not a single - payer socialist system in America).
But notice his big rationale
for vilifying
fossil fuels: «The fundamental issue with
fossil fuels is that every
use comes with a
subsidy.
He said the lower oil price might spur the
use of
fossil fuels but could also make it «more politically palatable»
for some countries to cut
fossil fuel subsidies.
Authoritative sources such as EarthTrack have placed the
fossil fuel industry's tax and fiscal
subsidies at around $ 25 billion a year, a figure that pales beside the roughly $ 1,000 billion (one trillion dollars) paid annually
for coal, oil and natural gas burned in the U.S. Do the math: withdrawing those
subsidies would lead to at most a 2 - 3 percent rise in the market prices of
fossil fuels — scant incentive to reduce their
use and concomitant emissions of CO2.
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For fossil fuels, tax assessed preferably at the mine or well, to reduce paperwork and make enforcement efficient (as opposed to the exhaust pipe)-- but then a compensating credit for fossil C used in materials unlikely to be oxidized, etc, with compensating tariff / subsidy for trade between nations with differing policies; attempt at least approximate CO2eq tax for other sources so as to not distort the market (don't encourage too much deforestation for biofuels, don't forget about cement production, don't forget about cows, etc.)-RR
For fossil fuels, tax assessed preferably at the mine or well, to reduce paperwork and make enforcement efficient (as opposed to the exhaust pipe)-- but then a compensating credit
for fossil C used in materials unlikely to be oxidized, etc, with compensating tariff / subsidy for trade between nations with differing policies; attempt at least approximate CO2eq tax for other sources so as to not distort the market (don't encourage too much deforestation for biofuels, don't forget about cement production, don't forget about cows, etc.)-RR
for fossil C
used in materials unlikely to be oxidized, etc, with compensating tariff /
subsidy for trade between nations with differing policies; attempt at least approximate CO2eq tax for other sources so as to not distort the market (don't encourage too much deforestation for biofuels, don't forget about cement production, don't forget about cows, etc.)-RR
for trade between nations with differing policies; attempt at least approximate CO2eq tax
for other sources so as to not distort the market (don't encourage too much deforestation for biofuels, don't forget about cement production, don't forget about cows, etc.)-RR
for other sources so as to not distort the market (don't encourage too much deforestation
for biofuels, don't forget about cement production, don't forget about cows, etc.)-RR
for biofuels, don't forget about cement production, don't forget about cows, etc.)-RRB-.
This report is about exposing the G20 government
use of public owned money (collected through taxation) on
subsidies for fossil fuel energy production, which is mostly propping up the income of privatised power producing infrastructure
using or mining of
fossil fuels, both of which are inherently filthy industries.