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Sheldon Whitehouse: “The fossil fuel annual subsidy in the U.S. every year is over $600 billion from the International Monetary Fund.”

On the recordJanuary 16, 2024
The fossil fuel annual subsidy in the U.S. every year is over $600 billion from the International Monetary Fund.
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Whitehouse points out the massive annual subsidies for fossil fuels in the U.S.

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