Topic: Fossil Fuels

Externalities of and subsidies for coal. Zachary Shahan, CleanTechnica. Feb. 7, 2013.
(with links to other sources of info on coal subsidies)

Oil subsidies and natural gas subsidies - subsidies for the big boys. Zachary Shahan, CleanTechnica. Feb. 7, 2013.

UK has biggest fossil fuel subsidies in the EU, finds commission. Damian Carrington, Guardian. Jan. 23, 2019.

Subsidies for coal, oil and gas are not falling despite EU pledges to tackle climate change

The myth of clean natural gas. Ryan Cooper, The Week. July 18, 2018.

The rise of fracking has transformed America's fossil fuels sector. With fracked oil and natural gas, the United States has once again become one of the world's top energy producers, nearly matching Saudi Arabia and Russia. 

Natural gas in particular has gotten wide attention, in part because it is much more carbon-efficient than coal when burned to produce electricity. The slogan was that it could serve as a "bridge fuel" between dirty coal and clean renewables — and thus fight climate change, at least relative to continuing reliance on coal. 

It's increasingly clear, however, that natural gas is already nearly past its point of maximum usefulness. It should simply be phased out as soon as possible — as soon as coal is gone, it should be next on the chopping block, if not right beside.