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Fossil fuel subsidies stymie pollution curbs: IEA report

Published Mon, Jun 15, 2015 · 09:50 PM

London

SUBSIDIES for fossil fuels are overwhelming efforts to curb pollution, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said.

Tax-breaks, subsidised fuel prices and other government support amount to an incentive to pollute worth US$115 per tonne of carbon dioxide, the a…

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