UK Government 'pays £6bn a year in subsidies to fossil fuel industry'

(Before It's News)

The Government gives the fossil-fuel industry nearly £6bn a year in subsidies, almost twice the financial support it provides to renewable-energy providers, according to new research.

A study by the Overseas Development Institute think-tank challenges the popular conception that green energy such as wind and solar power requires disproportionate taxpayer support.

Britain gave an average of £5.9bn worth of subsidies a year to fossil-fuel firms such as BP and Shell in 2013 and 2014, most of it in the form of tax breaks to help boost declining North Sea production, according to the institute …. http://www.independent.co.uk

• Another California town seeks to add mandatory gun lock, reporting laws
• St. John’s Pleasant Valley Hospital and St. John’s Regional Medical Center Receive 50 Awards from Healthgrades
• We Need Sulfur: Round up destroying human metabolism of Sulfur
• Biggest Economies Still Backing Fossil Fuels
• Reasons Why Obama Is An Inbred (Video) Shocking Muslim Traditions No One Will Tell You. Although We All Know It’s So
• Study: States with no background check loopholes see fewer mass shootings
• City of Thousand Oaks Hosts Annual State of the City Address at CLU
• Syria's collapse, in 7 charts
• Science and Extreme Sports Team Up for First Wireless Bungee Jump
• Germany: The Media Call Them ‘Neo-Nazis’ and ‘Right Wing Extremists’…the People Call Them ‘Patriots’