'Unacceptable': European fossil fuel subsidies top €112bn a year

James Murray
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Report from Overseas Development Institute and Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe reveals how EU member states continue to prop up fossil fuel production and demand

European governments are continuing to hand out more than €112bn a year in fossil fuel subsidies, despite having signed up to a commitment to phase out harmful subsidies by 2020. That is the conclusion...

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