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Richest nations fail to agree on deadline to phase out fossil fuel subsidies
2016-07-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Energy ministers from the worlds major economies have failed to reach agreement on a deadline to phase out hundreds of billions of dollars in government subsidies for fossil fuels -- subsidies that campaigners say are helping to propel the globe towards potentially devastating climate change. Ministers from the Group of 20 major economies met in Beijing on Wednesday and Thursday, but failed to reach agreement on a deadline, despite Chinese and American efforts and a joint appeal from 200 non-governmental...
ACI Praises Bill to End Biofuel Subsidies
2016-07-01 09:06:01| Happi Breaking News
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Stay: 'EU subsidies help to support our farming income'
2016-06-17 12:20:12| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Managing director of Delamere Dairy, Ed Salt, is concerned about the loss of subsidies if the UK votes to leave the EU.
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England Isn't Windy Enough to Build Wind Turbines Without Government Subsidies
2016-06-06 06:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
IWF: UK Wind Industry Says England Isn't Windy Enough to Build Wind Turbines Without Government Subsidies What happened to the "wuthering' in Wuthering Heights? From the U.K. Telegraph: England is not windy enough to justify building any more onshore wind turbines, the chief executive of wind industry trade body has admitted. Turns out that's actually a "windy" way of saying: The wind industry in the UK can't survive without government subsidies: Hugh McNeal, who joined RenewableUK two...
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G7 leaders set 2025 deadline to phase out fossil fuel subsidies
2016-05-27 11:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Subsidies for oil, gas and coal should be history in under a decade, leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) nations declared in a statement on Friday after two days of talks in Japan. An estimated US$5.3 trillion a year is spent by governments worldwide supporting the fossil fuel sector, according to the International Monetary Fund. That runs against the spirit of the UNs new Paris Agreement on climate change, say environmental groups, which specifically calls for funds to be redirected towards...
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