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Media brands call for windfall tax on oil and gas firms

15 November 2022 • 4 min read

Media brands call for windfall tax on oil and gas firms

Dozens of media organisations release joint editorial calling for governments to boost climate funding by ramping up taxes on the fossil fuel industry

Some of the world's largest media brands have today published a published a joint editorial article calling for windfall taxes to be imposed on the largest fossil fuel companies. Co-ordinated by the...

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