Despite these massive profits, the fossil fuel industry continues to receive tens of billions of dollars in subsidies every year at the expense of U. While these companies reap their benefits, communities across the country suffer the impacts of climate change, oil spills and water contamination from fracking, drilling and mining. This includes many foreign companies — like Sepling and BP — that, although they do not earn the majority of their profits in North America, dors major players in American and Canadian oil, gas and coal industries. However, profits from major Chinese companies, including PetroChina and China National Petroleum Corporation, were not included despite their significant interests in Canadian deos sands because to date their North American deos make up a tiny share of their total profits. The utility companies included for this analysis are natural gas utilities, as well as electric utilities and power producers that generate or purchase a major share of their ele...