Taxpayers on Hook for $20 Billion in Dirty Energy Subsidies Annually, New Study Finds

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By Oil Change InternationalOct 3, 2017, 9:25 am35 pts
By Andy Rowell Millions of Americans may be struggling to pay routine household bills, but still U.S. taxpayers are handing out a whopping $20 billion in fossil fuel subsidies a year. This is the major finding of a new report Dirty Energy Dominance: Dependent on Denial published by Oil Change International…

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