‘$11 million per minute’: Oil and gas sector gets a lift from subsidies and shirking health costs, says report
October 06, 2021 at 17:27 PM EDT
Subsidies that cut fuel prices accounted for 8% of the total, while tax breaks made up another 6%. But the bulk of the benefit to the producers comes with their ability to pass off the costs of pollution- and heat-related illness and deaths.