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Fossil Fuel Subsidies and the Energy Security Act of 2003
Monday, May 12, 2003
1:00 – 2:30 p.m., 628 Dirksen Senate Office Building
The
Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN), Friends of the Earth, and
the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) sponsored a
Congressional briefing on the potential costs of fossil fuel
subsidies to US taxpayers in the energy legislation currently before
Congress. The fossil fuel industry is one of the most profitable
industries in America, and the current legislation before Congress
will continue to help support its growth in the energy sector. The
use of oil, coal, and natural gas has provided most of America’s
energy over the last century, but has also been linked to severe
environmental degradation. At the same time, the fossil fuel
industry has received substantial taxpayer subsidies for decades. A
diverse panel of experts discussed the costs and implications of
these subsidies.
Briefing Panel:
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Erich Pica,
Director of Green Scissors, Friends of the Earth
Presentation
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Aileen Roder,
Program Director, Taxpayers for Common
Sense
Presentation
Written
Comments
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Navin Nayak,
Environmental Advocate, US Public Interest Research Group
Presentation
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Jerry Taylor,
Director of Natural Resource Studies, Cato Institute
For more information about the
briefing, please contact JR Drabick at EESI at 202-662-1886 or
jrdrabick@eesi.org or Jennifer Hicks at CCAN at (301) 920-1644
or
jhicks@chesapeakeclimate.org.
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