How Congress forces us to cause climate change
Congress routinely authorizes tax breaks of about $20.5 billion annually to encourage fossil energy production. However, the actual cost to society is about $662 billion when we count fossil fuel’s social, public health and environmental impacts
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/3805766-how-congress-forces-us-to-cause-climate-change/
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Congress routinely authorizes tax breaks of about $20.5 billion annually to encourage fossil energy production. However, the actual cost to society is about $662 billion when we count fossil fuel’s social, public health and environmental impacts
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/3805766-how-congress-forces-us-to-cause-climate-change/
#ClimateEmergency #pollution #ecology #environment #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateChange #Climate #USA #US
How Congress forces us to cause climate change
As we prepare our income tax filings for 2022, we know Congress will spend some of our money on things we don’t like. We can shrug off most of it.William S. Becker, opinion contributor (The Hill)
