Tag: Subsidies
Spending $1.8 Trillion A Year To Finance Our Own Extinction
"The world is spending over $1.8 trillion a year, equivalent to 2% of global GDP, on subsidies that are driving the destruction of ecosystems...
Frankie the Dinosaur Says Listen Up People: Don’t Choose Extinction
Did you know that our governments around the world actively support the destructive fossil fuel industry with $11 million in subsidies per minute? That...
Canada Spent More Than $23 Billion on Pipelines Since 2018
A recent report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development. shows that Canada has spent $23 billion on pipelines during the past three years....
Canada’s Massive Fossil Fuel Subsidies Equal $100 Per Person
Possibly the dumbest policy in the world is "using public cash for oil and gas," says Patrick DeRochie, Program Manager for Climate & Energy...
The Boundless Greed of The Fossil Fuel Industry
We are pleased to welcome Patrick Derochie as a new contributor to Below2°C. Patrick is a Program Manager with Environmental Defence. In this first post, he...
Where Are Canadian Fossil Fuel Subsidies Coming From and Going To?
In 2009, G20 leaders pledged to phase-out fossil fuel subsidies. But the information presented in the 2015 OIC (Oil Change International) report, Empty Promises: G20 susidies...