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Fossil fuel subsidies are the ‘worst energy policy in the world,’ researchers say

In an editorial in Science, U.S.-based energy policy experts Paasha Mahdavi and Michael Ross argue that governments creating consumer fossil fuel subsidies in response to rising energy prices is the "worst energy policy in the world." Mahdavi, an associate professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in th

Fossil fuel subsidies are the ‘worst energy policy in the world,’ researchers say

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In an editorial in Science, U.S.-based energy policy experts Paasha Mahdavi and Michael Ross argue that governments creating consumer fossil fuel subsidies in response to rising energy prices is the "worst energy policy in the world." Mahdavi, an associate professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in th

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