fossil fuel subsidies

(click here for a higher resolution image) While thinking about the image above from EarthTrack.net a "sign this pettition" request from Avaaz.org landed in my mail box.  (Fair warning, I have not checked this out very carefully.  Please do say so in the comments if this issue is being misrepresented).  Read below: Climate change is accelerating, but there’s a massive ray of hope: clean energy is booming, producing nearly 20% of the world's electricity! Incredibly, the US and EU are threatening to stifle this breakthrough -- but together we can stop them. In the last decade the Chinese…