BRUSSELS LAUNCHES QUEST TO QUANTIFY ENERGY SUBSIDIES IN THE EU
May 10th, 2014
WHEN it comes to subsidies in the European Union (EU), the representatives of the fossil fuels industries and those of the renewable energy sources have long pointed the finger at each other about who receives more support from the public purse. But nobody really knows how much and in what form each of the energy producing sectors receive, according to the European Commission, which has launched a study to find out exactly that.“We just launched a study trying to identify the external costs as well as the financial and directly attributable benefits granted by ...
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