Dirty Energy Subsidies Still 5x More Than Pledged Climate Aid, Activists Ask #WTF?

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By Brendan DeMelleNov 20, 2013, 2:00 pm31 pts
Oil Change International released a briefing paper today at COP19 in Warsaw revealing that subsidies lavished on the fossil fuel industry by wealthy industrialized nations add up to more than five times the amount of climate finance aid the same countries have so far pledged to deliver to poorer nations to…

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