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The industry consistently uses its political and financial muscle to try and block the alternatives. In 2015, oil companies spent $11 million on successfully killing a provision in California’s SB 350 climate bill to halve petroleum use by 2030. Coal-burning utilities have tried to penalize consumers for installing rooftop solar. In Europe, Shell successfully lobbied against targets for renewable energy.


Meanwhile, the industry continues to demand handouts, giving it an unfair advantage over clean energy. G20 countries gave $452 billion in subsidies in 2014, going directly towards the production of fossil fuels. The U.S. share of this was over $20 billion. The industry also lobbies for exemptions to environmental rules, which also gives it an unfair advantage by making its costs artificially low.

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