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Big Oil uses Subsidies to Print Pink Slips

Big Oil uses Subsidies to Print Pink Slips

→  May 16, 2012

LNS and 350.org teamed up to design this infographic exposing the false job creation claims of the fossil fuel industry. Join us in support of the “End Polluter Welfare Act” that would cut $113 billion in subsidies to the coal, oil and gas lobby over the next ten years. Go to 350.org to sign the petition Or click [...]

Fossil-fuel subsidies are the real job killers

Fossil-fuel subsidies are the real job killers

→  April 13, 2012

[by May Boeve and Brendan Smith; original published by Grist] How many lobbyists does it take to defend billions in subsidies for one of the most profitable industries in the world? 786. That’s the size of the army that oil and gas companies maintain in Washington to strong-arm Congress into bankrolling an industry that is [...]