António Guterres, the secretary-general of the United Nations, called for an "Acceleration Agenda" in response to climate change.
  • MNByChoice@midwest.socialEnglish
    182·
    1 year ago

    I scanned the article, and I often hear about this. Is there a list of the specific subsidies for fossil fuels?

    I am happy to reach out to my Congress people as I donate to them, but they respond best to short and specific requests.

    • whoisearth@lemmy.caEnglish
      222·
      1 year ago

      America, like Canada, subsidizes TF out of the oil companies to intentionally deflate the price of gas. Start looking there.

      Also worth noting because it is still destructive, we subsidize TF out of corn too, to the detriment of other crops.

      I don’t think people realize how under-priced almost everything they purchase is, and it’s all because of mass subsidies.

      We need to end these subsidies but damn if people won’t freak over their groceries even more.

      • Serinus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        1 year ago

        We all have an interest in overproducing crops. If, say, Florida becomes an aquarium, or there’s a disease that wipes out a lot of a particular monoculture, we don’t want a ridiculous spike in food prices (or worse).