Ljubljana – Responding the government’s recent decision to subsidise large companies due to rising energy prices, environmental NGOs Umanotera and Focus said on Monday that subsidies for large industrial consumers of energy are socially inequitable and “make a mockery of climate efforts”. After recently approving financial aid for vulnerable individuals affected by the energy price hikes, the government is also working on a measure that would provide millions of euros in subsidies for selected companies to buy electricity every year until 2030, says a press release by the NGOs. These…
