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How much does the world spend to subsidize fossil fuels? The IMF wants to know
2015-06-15 10:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: The folks at the IMF yes, that great Satan of the 90s just released a working paper on how much we all pay to subsidize fossil fuels like oil, gas, and coal. Seriously. All the humans currently on this planet. They tallied up what we pay to help energy companies get fossil fuels out of the ground. The technical term for that is pre-tax subsidies. Then they tallied up what we pay out for traffic accidents, and the health bills for those people whose pink little lungs are affected by air...
Farmers back bill to subsidize biomass plants
2015-04-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bakersfield Californian: Local farmers are adding their support to legislation that would divert revenue from Californias cap-and-trade program to biomass plants that generate power by burning agricultural and urban green waste. Last month the Kern County Farm Bureau co-hosted a meeting in Delano to raise awareness of Assembly Bill 590 and help an industry the group called very important to local growers, in that biomass plants take trimmings and old trees that would otherwise be more expensive for farmers to dispose...
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Oregonlive.com: The future of Old Town Chinatown: Portland City Council delays vote on plan to subsidize development, 7/23/14
2014-07-24 15:16:35| PortlandOnline
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The future of Old Town Chinatown: Portland City Council delays vote on plan to subsidize development
2014-07-24 00:22:50| PortlandOnline
Andrew Theen in The Oregonian, July 23, 2014
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If you subsidize it, they will come
2013-08-09 00:09:16| Footwear - Topix.net
Empire State Development announced that the number of jobs in post-production of feature films and television episodes has increased by an average of 25 percent since new tax credits kicked in with this year's budget.