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ECA: ‘Fossil fuel subsidies undermine EU climate policy’
The EU countries are impeding the transition to sustainable energy by continuing to favor fossil energy with tens of billions of euros /DPA
The 55 billion euros of fossil fuel subsidies handed out annually by EU governments threaten to derail the union’s ambitious climate plans, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) said on Monday. “Taxing energy can support efforts to combat climate change. But current tax levels do not reflect the extent to which different energy sources pollute,”
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