By Kyle Bakx · CBC News · Posted: Feb 21, 2019
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/environmental-defence-subsidies-oilpatch-1.5026643
This week alone the government announced billions of dollars in oilpatch support
Alberta government subsidies increasing for fossil fuel industry: report
The Alberta government’s subsidies to the fossil fuel sector are increasing and surpassed $2 billion in the last fiscal year, according to a report released this morning by Environmental Defence and the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
Premier
Rachel Notley has invested in helping oilpatch companies reduce their
greenhouse gas emission intensity and help fund the construction of new
petrochemical facilities and bitumen upgrader facilities, to name a few of the
subsidies listed in the report.
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