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silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year ago

U.S. Taxpayers Have Subsidized Fossil Fuels for 111 Years, and Counting | For the fourth year in a row, President Biden is trying to eliminate federal tax breaks for coal, oil and gas companies.

www.nytimes.com

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U.S. Taxpayers Have Subsidized Fossil Fuels for 111 Years, and Counting | For the fourth year in a row, President Biden is trying to eliminate federal tax breaks for coal, oil and gas companies.

www.nytimes.com

silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year ago
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For the fourth year in a row, President Biden is trying to eliminate federal tax breaks for coal, oil and gas companies. But fossil fuel subsidies have proven difficult to kill.
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    Woah is that a real photo? NY Times give it credit and a date so I’d assume yes it’s real but also it looks so fake too. That’s insane if that’s actually how areas used to look!

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      Yes, that’s how it used to look

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      Yeah, that’s a real photo. L.A. was built on oil.

      “By 1930, California was responsible for a quarter of the world’s oil output. In some places, derricks were set so close to one another their legs overlapped.”

      https://99percentinvisible.org/article/hollywood-worthy-camouflage-uncovering-the-urban-oil-derricks-of-los-angeles/

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        Holy crap, those are some awesome links!

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      With more and better Democrats, it’s possible. Not this year (the Republicans hold a majority in the House) but as the industry starts to go into decline, we’ll pull it off, and accelerate the phase-out.

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