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Filmvertoning: Food for Profit in #filmhuis #KINO, #Rotterdam, georganiseerd door #PvdD #ZuidHolland:

Woensdag 19 maart een exclusieve vertoning van #FoodforProfit – een #documentaire over hoe de #vleesindustrie, machtige lobby’s en Europese #subsidies samenkomen ten koste van #dieren, #natuur en #gezondheid.

Neem gerust een introducé mee. Vermeld dit bij je aanmelding: cloud.partijvoordedieren.nl/ap

Beelden in de docu kunnen als schokkend worden ervaren.

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"Over the years, #Musk and his #businesses have received at least $38 billion in government contracts, loans, #subsidies and tax credits, often at critical moments, a Washington Post analysis has found, helping seed the growth that has made him the world’s richest person.
The payments stretch back 20 years. Shortly after becoming #CEO of a cash strapped #Tesla in 2008, Musk fought hard to secure a low-interest loan from the #EnergyDepartment."
#welfare
#elonmusk
washingtonpost.com/technology/

The Washington Post · Elon Musk’s business empire is built on $38 billion in government fundingBy Desmond Butler, Trisha Thadani, Emmanuel Martinez, Aaron Gregg, Luis Melgar, Jonathan O'Connell, Dan Keating

After laying off thousands of employees (8% of #JPL's workforce) under the #Biden administration and putting on hold the #MSR mission, while favoring "space economy" (a euphemism for subsidizing the space industry) and calling upside-down moon landings and half baked private missions a "success", now

#NASA is being audited by their contractor #Musk and his DOGE team.

As conflicted as this may sound, that's today's reality in #USpol

bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Bloomberg · Republicans’ Tough NASA Choice: Protect Home-State Jobs or Back DOGEBy Sana Pashankar

None of the current #CCS prototypes actually works and takes out more #CarbonDioxide #CO2 than it uses in #emissions to remove it. That's the problem. Which is why it is counter-productive now, and even if it does improve, in future will be a very expensive way to reduce emissions. But lots of big #FossilFuel companies get massive #subsidies from us tax payers to do it.

£22bn for 'unproven' green tech could raise bills, MPs warn

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8jpj

BBC NewsBillions risked on 'unproven' green tech, MPs warnThe Public Accounts Committee warns the government of gambling public money on carbon capture.

🔴 **How much in subsidies do fossil fuels receive?**

_"Estimates range from less than $1 trillion to $7 trillion. Where do these numbers come from?"_

Hannah Ritchie (2025) - “How much in subsidies do fossil fuels receive?” Published online at OurWorldinData.org. Retrieved from: 'ourworldindata.org/how-much-su' [Online Resource].

#Data #DataViz #FossilFuels #Subsidies #Pollution #Climate #ClimateChange #Environment @climatechange