April 03, 2008
Every year state and federal governments put at least
$9 billion dollars of taxpayers’ money into subsidies that encourage the use of fossil fuels (coal, gas and oil). Most of these subsidies result in increasing greenhouse gas emissions. Australians are paying to be put at greater risk of extreme climate change impacts like droughts and bush fires. If governments are serious about tackling climate change, they must start redirecting public funding away from polluting fossil fuels to clean energy like wind and solar.
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