FOE FIGURES
August 1st, 2001
BY KATE REW
ENVIRONMENTAL group Friends of the Earth has criticised legislation being considered last week before the US House of Representatives, claiming that they would authorise more than US$33 billion over ten years in new and expanded subsidies for the oil, coal, gas and nuclear power industries.
The 'Securing America's Future Energy Act of 2001', is made up of four Republican energy bills. The bill authorises payments of more than $24 billion for oil and gas, $7 billion for coal and $3 billion for nuclear power, said the FoE.
ENVIRONMENTAL group Friends of the Earth has criticised legislation being considered last week before the US House of Representatives, claiming that they would authorise more than US$33 billion over ten years in new and expanded subsidies for the oil, coal, gas and nuclear power industries.
The 'Securing America's Future Energy Act of 2001', is made up of four Republican energy bills. The bill authorises payments of more than $24 billion for oil and gas, $7 billion for coal and $3 billion for nuclear power, said the FoE.
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