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Four Dollars for Fossil Fuels. One for Renewables.

Four Dollars for Fossil Fuels. One for Renewables.

How often do we hear that renewable energy survives only because of government subsidies. Well the facts tell a very different story.A new report by WWF-Australia has found that Australia's Federal an...

If governments continue directing billions towards fossil fuels while claiming to be serious about achieving net zero, investors receive mixed signals and the transition becomes slower, more expensive and more politically difficult. Imagine what even a fraction of those fossil fuel subsidies could achieve if redirected towards:

household electrification;

community batteries;

transmission infrastructure;

electric vehicle charging;

clean manufacturing;

biodiversity restoration; and

support for regional communities managing the energy transition.

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