Sanders, Omar Unveil Bill to End 'Absurd Corporate Handouts' to Fossil Fuel Industry

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Jake Johnson is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Ilhan Omar introduced legislation Thursday that would eliminate dozens of tax loopholes, subsidies, and other federal giveaways to the fossil fuel industry and cut off U.S. support for international oil and gas projects that are contributing to the global climate crisis.

Ilhan Omar 'The conduct of oil and gas companies, toward American taxpayers and the distortion of the truth about climate change, is one of the biggest scandals of our lifetime,' Sanders said in a statement Thursday.

 

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