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California just handed oil companies billions in free pollution permits (calmatters.org)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/climate@slrpnk.net
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[–] 23 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Gavin sucks

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    • [–] 24 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    What is going on in the world? How are they keeping getting away with this?

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  • [–] [S] 28 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    California lets companies directly fund political campaigns, so a large fraction of politicians feel they owe the oil industry a favor.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Which I might be more accepting of if we limited how much can be pooled into political contributions, and produce some system to divvy up those monies amongst candidates, and every time citizens fund energy companies they also get a stake in their companies. But instead we just get legal corruption, subsidize the profits and socialize the losses.

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    • [–] 10 points 5 months ago

    Typical California L

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    [–] 8 points 5 months ago

    Great to see that free markets work....

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    [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    The pool will be capped at...the same number...to hit its 2030 climate target.

    Carbon kosher. Well more like carbon remortgaging.

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