Submitted on Friday 9th August 2019
Rejected on Tuesday 20th August 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Redirect the UK government £10.5 billion annual fossil fuel subsidy.
The extraction of fossil fuels and its use, with the release of carbon and methane has been recognised by the IPPC report in 2018 as a huge contributor to climate change. The people demand the UK Governmental stops all subsidies to oil companies. Yesterday's economics is not fit for today's world.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jan/23/uk-has-biggest-fossil-fuel-subsidies-in-the-eu-finds-commission
23rd January 2019 - David Carrington - Environment Correspondent
Farhana Yamin, an international environmental lawyer for 30 years, "calls us all to recognise the need for us to limit access to government by big business" in her chapter Die, Survive or Thrive within the Extinction Rebellion handbook 'This is not a drill'.
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