Brookings did a study just a year ago that said that, in the U.S., the fossil-fuel industry gets direct subsidies, tax credits, of $500 billion a year.
John Garamendi: “Brookings did a study just a year ago that said that, in the U.S., the fossil-fuel industry gets direct subsidies, tax…”
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Garamendi discusses the substantial subsidies received by the fossil-fuel industry.
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