Addresses Quote by Bernie Sanders

Subsidies for the oil, gas and coal industries are projected to cost taxpayers more than $135 billion in the coming decade. At a time…

— Bernie Sanders

Fossil fuel subsidies are a hand brake as we drive along the road to a sustainable energy future.

— Fatih Birol

We should not only look at the short-term economic benefits of fossil fuels but also at the bad news for climate change. We should…

— Fatih Birol

The consensus is clear. We need an immediate and determined shift to a clean, renewable economy. The continued mass burning of fossil fuels is…

— Al Gore

We've subsidized oil companies for a century. That's long enough. It's time to end the taxpayer giveaways to an industry that rarely has been…

— Barack Obama

If climate change issues are not adequately addressed—if we keep running those nice energy subsidies, if the price on carbon is not adequately set,…

— Christine Lagarde

The fossil reserves that have already been discovered exceed what can ever be safely used. Yet companies spend half a trillion dollars each year…

— Desmond Tutu

The choice before us is simple. Will we continue to subsidize the dirty fossil fuels of the past, or will we transition to 21st…

— Elizabeth Warren

Even if every major government were to slap huge taxes on carbon fuels - which is not going to happen - it wouldn't do…

— Bjorn Lomborg

There are things that government can do to incentivize the free market to do a better job, yes. But is that a replacement for…

— Naomi Klein

There is an urgent need to stop subsidizing the fossil fuel industry, dramatically reduce wasted energy, and significantly shift our power supplies from oil,…

— Bill McKibben

To achieve policy stability and certainty, we need to establish a meaningful price on carbon and cut the billions of dollars spent each year…

— Paul Polman