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Analysis: Fossil Fuel Tax Programs to Cut Emissions Lead to Lots of Industry Profit, Little Climate Action

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Tags: carbon tax cap and trade tax credits refined coal tax credit 45Q carbon capture Read time: 12 mins The fossil fuel industry and its investors have financially benefited from tax policies and subsidies designed to reduce the emissions from oil, gas, and coal — sometimes without taking the action required to tackle climate change.

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These Agribusiness Groups With Ties to Climate Denial are Trying to Influence the US-UK Trade Deal

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The ongoing US - UK trade talks have been seen by some lobby groups as an opportunity to strip back environmental and food safety regulations to allow them to sell products – pesticides, hormone-fed meat, genetically modified crops ( GMO s), and chemicals – that have been previously banned under EU law.

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Groups Funded by Oil Industry Bash Plan to Reduce Northeast's Dependence on Oil

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Read time: 9 mins Last month New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu announced the state would not be participating in the Transportation and Climate Initiative ( TCI ), a regional cap-and-trade program aimed at reducing carbon emissions from vehicles.

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Hoboken, New Jersey Sues Oil Industry for Climate Impacts From its 'Deceptive Actions'

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The city of Hoboken today filed a case against major oil and gas companies and the American Petroleum Institute ( API ) , a powerful industry trade group which has played a major role in promoting “uncertainty” about climate science. The lawsuit seeks to recover costs associated with climate impacts like extreme flooding and sea level rise.

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New Paper Reveals Rail Industry Was Leader in Climate Denial Efforts

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In conjunction with their allied trade associations, these coalitions have served as a central coordination mechanism in efforts opposed to mandatory limits on carbon emissions.”. And the allied trade association that was most active was the AAR. Tags: Association of American Railroads climate denial

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San Antonio's City-Owned Energy Utility Is Paying a Quarter Million Dollars a Year to Gas Industry Groups

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Climate and clean energy advocates in the community have become fed up with the city-owned utility, which is not only stalling in efforts to phase out its fossil fuel portfolio, but is actively funding two gas industry trade associations to the tune of a quarter of a million dollars each year.

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Is Natural Gas the New Coal?

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Read time: 7 mins At a recent natural gas industry conference in Houston, Woodside Petroleum CEO Peter Coleman warned his colleagues to avoid the fate of another fossil fuel, according to trade publication Natural Gas Intelligence. “ Tags: methane natural gas fracking finances UN Climate Summit ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM)