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Right wing and fossil fuel subsidies

Reuters reports: “The British government unveiled draft tax breaks on Friday to drive investment in shale gas production, in what it termed the most generous shale incentives in the world.” Oh dear.  Another “right wing” government subsidising fossil fuels.  What … Continue reading

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Clarification re the EIB funding lignite-fired power plant

I want to clarify something which became clearer to me after writing the previous post. There are two separable problems. 1. They are funding a lignite-fired power plant.  But there are reasons which can justify that – for example, they … Continue reading

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