Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Tom Perez addresses the second night of the virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention at its hosting site on August 18, 2020 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. | Photo by Brian Snyder-Pool/Getty Images
Joe ***** recommitted to ending fossil fuel subsidies following backlash from environmentalists. On August 17th, the Democratic National Committee quietly removed language calling for an end to the subsidies from a draft document, HuffPost first reported. That triggered confusion over Democrats’ stance on fossil fuel subsidies, since the DNC, *****, and Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) have all opposed fossil fuel subsidies in the past.
But reached by The Verge, the ***** campaign emphasized that it was still committed to ending oil and gas subsidies, both in the US federal budget and across the world. “Vice President *****’s commitment to ending fossil fuel subsidies remains as steadfast as it was…