'Feasting on profits': U.N. chief urges windfall tax on fossil fuel companies

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Should be used to help climate victims, Antonio Guterres tells gathering of world leaders. Read more here

Addressing world leaders at the 193-member U.N. General Assembly, the climate activist secretary-general stepped up his attacks on oil and gas companies, which have seen their profits explode by tens of billions of dollars.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.

While Guterres again pushed developed countries to tax the fossil fuel windfall profits, this time he also used his bully pulpit to spell out where the money should be spent. “Those funds should be redirected in two ways: to countries suffering loss and damage caused by the climate crisis; and to people struggling with rising food and energy prices,” he told the annual gathering of world leaders in New York.Article content

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war profits are just as good if not better

These commie liberals want to simply own everything and destroy work ethic or any motivation to work hard. Scary man. Every time somebody has a good year special tax. Are you kidding me!

Screw him.

This is why we need to leave the UN,WHO and WEF

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