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Fossil fuels' $500bn handouts

Fossil-fuel producers are receiving more than $500bn a year in government subsidies, dwarfing the amount spent on green levies, according to a leading think-tank.

Rich countries spend six times more on supporting coal, oil and gas than on helping poorer nations fight climate change.
Rich countries spend six times more on supporting coal, oil and gas than on helping poorer nations fight climate change.
  • Christopher Hopson in London
Published 8 November 2013, 15:57Updated 26 September 2016, 13:46
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