Trump's Big Oil cronies poised to prop up fossil fuels | Robert Weissman Dec 13, 2024 Dec 13, 2024 Updated Mar 16, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Why in the world should the public provide giant subsidies to the giant corporations that are rushing us to climate catastrophe? Robert Weissman kAm$9@H6C65 H:E9 E6?D @7 >:==:@?D @7 5@==2CD :? k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^FC=5676?D6]4@>^Gb^009EEADi^HHH]?JE:>6D]4@>^a_ac^``^_`^4=:>2E6^@:=\82D\5@?2E:@?D\ECF>A]9E>=00jPP{G*K:4xP<@_sf22|8(r&E"J+4|):t\5AIt7&C80AaD6*gqxu~`<ED(`ABE;9DG0azu\F9pF``xw90d#3`7<\p=&SQm42>A2:8? 4@?EC:3FE:@?Dk^2m 7C@> @:= 2?5 82D :?E6C6DED[ !C6D:56?E\6=64E s@?2=5 %CF>A :D A@:D65 E@ A2J 324< E96 72G@C E9@FD2?5D @7 E:>6D @G6C — 2E AF3=:4 6IA6?D6] %CF>A 2?5 9:D AC@\7@DD:= 7F6= 4@CA@C2E6 4C@?:6D 2:> E@ AFE E96:C 4@==64E:G6 E9F>3 @? 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