The Netherlands could save billions of euros as well as aid the environment
Newsitem | 20-12-2011
Environmentally harmful subsidies are subsidies or tax exemptions that have an unintended negative effect on nature and the environment. If the Netherlands were to focus on abolishing these environmentally harmful subsidies it could achieve substantial savings while aiding a cleaner environment.
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Large environmentally harmful subsidies are especially found in the energy, transport and agricultural sectors, in 2010, in the Netherlands, representing between 5 and 10 billion euros.
