New York Times: Senior financiers and the leaders of powerful energy companies on Thursday blamed subsidies to oil and natural gas companies for damaging the ability of the clean-energy industry to recover from the economic slowdown and take advantage of growing power markets worldwide. “No politician can stop subsidies to fossil fuels overnight, but I think governments could be leveling the playing field a great deal faster,” said John Browne, a managing director at Riverstone, a private equity …