Friends of the Earth’s blog is a staff-run blog that provides policy analysis, insight and commentary about the environment and other progressive issues, advances our campaigns, and builds momentum for a healthy and just world.
Nov. 20, 2012 / Posted by: Ben Schreiber / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Ben schreiber, Climate change, Keystone xl, Subsidies, Tax
Last week it sounded a lot like the conservative think thank American Enterprise Institute cares more about addressing climate change then President Barack Obama. It certainly seems more willing to find solutions. AEI hosted a symposium on a carb...
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Aug. 18, 2011 / Posted by: Becca Connors / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Becca connors, Earth budget, Subsidies
Each year, the federal government gives away more than $10 billion in tax breaks to oil and gas companies. These polluting industries are already raking in record profits -- it’s an outrageous waste of taxpayer dollars to pay them for damagi...
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