Center for Biological Diversity

Eliminate Subsidies to Big Oil, Coal and Gas

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In 2011 the Big Five oil companies made $137 billion in profits. During just the first quarter of 2012, Chevron, BP, Conoco Phillips, Shell and Exxon Mobil made a combined $368 million per day. At the same time, atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide are now the highest the Earth has seen in 15 million years, and the decade from 2000 to 2010 was the warmest on record.

Despite this crisis, our government continues to subsidize fossil fuels at nearly six times the rate of renewable energy. Our government needs to stop rewarding big polluters for destroying our climate. At a time when they should be slapped with a damage bill, offering these dirty-energy profiteers a government handout is absurd.

But the fossil fuel giants aren't going to give up without a fight, so we need an unstoppable groundswell of support for this important effort.

Please, sign the petition to Congress and join the Center for Biological Diversity, 350.org and other organizations around the country to support stripping away these outrageous subsidies.

I'm adding my name to the growing list of people supporting Sen. Sander's (I-Vt.) and Rep. Ellison's (D-Minn.) legislation to stop government subsidies to the fossil fuel industry. Big Oil, Coal and Gas don't deserve $113 billion more of our money over the next decade.
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47484 Wed Jun 19 15:10:43 EDT 2013 Erna Wolff Ojai, CA , US
47483 Wed Jun 19 13:58:46 EDT 2013 Anonymous downey, CA , US
47482 Wed Jun 19 13:20:32 EDT 2013 Leena Jänis Örebro, ot , SE
47481 Wed Jun 19 12:52:10 EDT 2013 michael rifkind Santa Cruz, CA , US
47480 Wed Jun 19 12:00:20 EDT 2013 Lauren Gedlinske Apple Valley, MN , US
47479 Wed Jun 19 11:32:10 EDT 2013 Mark Hain Bloomington, IN , US
47478 Wed Jun 19 11:11:53 EDT 2013 The Ungers Easton, PA , US
47477 Wed Jun 19 08:45:19 EDT 2013 Anonymous Lexington, KY , US
47476 Wed Jun 19 05:42:52 EDT 2013 Ginger Daub Seattle, WA , US
47475 Wed Jun 19 05:22:54 EDT 2013 Allison ODell Mtn Village, CO , US
47474 Wed Jun 19 03:00:02 EDT 2013 Margaret Tollner Lakewood, CA , US
47473 Wed Jun 19 02:11:24 EDT 2013 tammy madera new york, NY , US
47472 Wed Jun 19 00:53:06 EDT 2013 Donna Vivado Centerville, MA , US
47471 Wed Jun 19 00:08:59 EDT 2013 Maryse Pagnard Westbury, NY , US
47470 Tue Jun 18 22:52:13 EDT 2013 Marcia Harvey Paso Robles, CA , US
47469 Tue Jun 18 22:04:52 EDT 2013 Dawn Daugherty St. Louis, MO , US
47468 Tue Jun 18 21:52:24 EDT 2013 M Busch Elizabeth, NJ , US
47467 Tue Jun 18 21:03:19 EDT 2013 Michael Johnson San Marcos, CA , US
47466 Tue Jun 18 20:52:18 EDT 2013 Anonymous Sebastopol, CA, CA , US
47465 Tue Jun 18 20:47:09 EDT 2013 Pamela Daniel Silverdale, WA , US
47464 Tue Jun 18 20:44:40 EDT 2013 LINDA RAHILLY TRENTON, NJ , US
47463 Tue Jun 18 20:35:13 EDT 2013 Patricia Stone Boston, MA , US
47462 Tue Jun 18 20:34:11 EDT 2013 henry kantrowitz murrieta, CA , US
47461 Tue Jun 18 18:49:18 EDT 2013 Carolyn Ormenaj Jackson, NJ , US
47460 Tue Jun 18 18:41:38 EDT 2013 Arlene Zimmer Rancho Palos Verdes, CA , US
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