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Radio: Busting the Myth That America Overwhelming Subsidizes Fossil Fuels

by Philip Rossetti
Sept 21, 2023
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issues: Energy and Environment, Energy Subsidies, Federal Government Affairs, Fossil Fuels
originally published in Inside Sources with Boyd Matheson

This week, thousands of environmentalists gathered in New York City calling for the US to do more to address climate change. A common part of these protests and others like them…is a call to stop subsidizing fossil fuels…and invest in renewables instead. Phil Rossetti from the R Street Institute breaks down how much we’re really spending on fossil fuels, and it’s not much.