US EditionOil and gas companies pocketing bulk of B.C.'s 'clean' industry funding
- The BC government announced $35 million to help industries reduce carbon pollution, which critics argue continues subsidizing fossil fuel companies.
- Melissa Lem stated that the fossil fuel industry should not receive public funds as it produces 20% of the province's carbon pollution.
- A total of 76% of the CleanBC funding went to gas companies for carbon capture projects, suggesting a major benefit to the fossil fuel sector.
- B.C. Green Party Leader Jeremy Valeriote criticized the funding as a subsidy for profitable industries that should sustain themselves without government support.
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