[MCN] So, "Big Government" aims to bail out coal-powered Northwestern Energy?

[Lance Olsen]

Fossil Fuels Already Get Billions in Bailouts — They're Called Subsidies <https://news.google.com/articles/CBMiZGh0dHBzOi8vdHJ1dGhvdXQub3JnL2FydGljbGVzL2Zvc3NpbC1mdWVscy1hbHJlYWR5LWdldC1iaWxsaW9ucy1pbi1iYWlsb3V0cy10aGV5cmUtY2FsbGVkLXN1YnNpZGllcy_SAQA?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen>
Each year, the U.S. spends about $20 billion subsidizing fossil fuel companies and $81 billion defending them abroad.
Truthout
Yesterday

US fossil fuel giants set for a coronavirus bailout bonanza <https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEHYYKIGAgB_ZhNdSST1xhvgqFggEKg4IACoGCAowl6p7MN-zCTDMwRU?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen>
Fossil fuel companies and coal-powered utilities in the US are set for a potential bonanza under federal government plans for a bond bailout, part of the rescue ...
The Guardian <https://news.google.com/publications/CAAqBggKMJeqezDfswk?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen>
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“The emphasis on consensus in IPCC reports, however, has put the spotlight on expected outcomes,…"
 
“...it is now equally important that policy-makers understand the more extreme possibilities that consensus may exclude or downplay.”
 
Michael Oppenheimer,  Brian C. O’Neill, Mort Webster,  Shardul Agrawala . The Limits of Consensus. Science  SEPTEMBER 14 2007

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