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G20: Fossil fuel protest

2012-06-19 31 Dailymotion

"Shift a trillion dollars of fossil fuel subsidies to renewable energy and sustainable development."<br/> <br />That's the message from activists unfurling a huge one trillion dollar bill in Los Cabos, Mexico, where the G20 summit's taking place.<br/> <br />Over 750,000 people have signed a petition calling on countries to drop fossil fuel subsides.<br/> <br />Maria Paz Cambronero is from the Avaaz movement.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: MARIA PAZ CAMBRONERO, CO-ORDINATOR OF BILL CAMPAIGN FOR THE AVAAZ MOVEMENT, SAYING (Spanish):<br/> <br />"This is an enormous trillion dollar bill, that is covered in petroleum, represents the trillion dollars we give annually, on a global level, in public subsidies to millionaire companies so that that they can keep producing energy that contaminates the earth and is speeding up global warming."<br/> <br />Their petition was delivered to G20 policy makers from the leading industrialised and developing economies.<br/> <br />The euro zone debt crisis and global economic slowdown are dominating the two-day gathering.<br/> <br />Sarah Charlton, Reuters.

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