Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies ‘could provide half of global carbon target’

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An easy way to reduce fossil fuel emissions? Get rid of subsidies. Image: PR log

Eliminating subsidies for coal, gas and oil could save as much as Germany’s annual greenhouse gas emissions each year by 2015, according to one of the world’s leading energy experts.

Read the full story on the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jan/19/fossil-fuel-subsidies-carbon-target?CMP=twt_fd

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