Bill McKibben: How You Subsidize The Energy Giants To Wreck The Planet

Bill McKibben: How You Subsidize The Energy Giants To Wreck The Planet: by Bill McKibben, via TomDispatch Along with “fivedollaragallongas,” the energy watchword for the next few months is: “subsidies.” Last week, for instance, New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez proposed ending some of the billions of dollars in handouts enjoyed by the fossil-fuel industry with a “Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act.”  It was, in truth, nothing to [...]/p