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  2. Fossil fuel subsidies - Wikipedia

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    Fossil fuel subsidies are energy subsidies on fossil fuels, and in 2023 totalled over 1 trillion dollars. They may be tax breaks on consumption , such as a lower sales tax on natural gas for residential heating ; or subsidies on production , such as tax breaks on exploration for oil .

  3. Energy subsidy - Wikipedia

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    Fossil-fuel subsidies per capita, 2019. Fossil-fuel pre-tax subsidies per capita are measured in constant US dollars. Fossil-fuel subsidies as a share of GDP, 2019. Fossil-fuel pre-tax subsidies are given as a share of total gross domestic product. Fossil fuel subsidies are energy subsidies on fossil fuels, and in 2023 totalled over 1 trillion ...

  4. Energy subsidies in the United States - Wikipedia

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    These subsidies are part of the energy policy of the United States. According to Congressional Budget Office testimony in 2016, an estimated $10.9 billion in tax preferences was directed toward renewable energy, $4.6 billion went to fossil fuels, and $2.7 billion went to energy efficiency or electricity transmission. [1]

  5. Opinion - A planet in crisis: How can we solve our plastics ...

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    In fact, most nations either subsidize or run oil production. Direct and indirect subsidies totaled $7 trillion in 2022. Carbon dioxide emissions have received the most attention, while plastic ...

  6. Study: Making fossil fuel firms pay to clean up carbon could ...

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    But the world spent 13 trillion US dollars (£10.7 trillion) on energy last year, mostly on fossil fuels and with a substantial fraction going into “rents” or profits, taxes and royalties.

  7. ‘Blueprint Planet’ by Huffington Post

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    Then we'll need to put another $1 trillion toward clean energy investments—starting right away. We need to stop subsidizing dirty energy. At a conservative estimate, governments around the world spend $500 billion a year on fossil fuel subsidies. That money needs to be spent on clean energy, not on making dirty fuel cheaper.

  8. Energy policy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The federal government provided substantially larger subsidies to fossil fuels than to renewables in the 2002–2008 period. Subsidies to fossil fuels totaled approximately $72 billion, a direct cost to taxpayers, over the study period. Subsidies for renewable fuels totaled $29 billion over the same period. [31]

  9. Climate activist Greta Thunberg tells Congress 'subsidizing ...

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    The 18-year-old activist said subsidizing fossil fuels is "clear proof that we have not understood the climate emergency at all." Climate activist Greta Thunberg tells Congress 'subsidizing fossil ...