UN secretary-general calls for 'windfall' tax on profits of fossil fuel companies
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FILE - United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speak during a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters, April 18, 2024. U.N. Secretary General Antnio Guterres called Wednesday, June 5, 2024, for a windfall tax on profits of fossil fuel companies to help pay for the fight against global warming, decrying them as the godfathers of climate chaos. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)FILE - A woman is silhouetted against the setting sun as triple-digit heat indexes continue in the Midwest, Aug. 20, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. The rate Earth is warming hit an all-time high in 2023 with 92% of last years surprising record-shattering heat caused by humans, top scientists calculated. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
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FILE - United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speak during a Security Council meeting at the United Nations headquarters, April 18, 2024. U.N. Secretary General Antnio Guterres called Wednesday, June 5, 2024, for a windfall tax on profits of fossil fuel companies to help pay for the fight against global warming, decrying them as the godfathers of climate chaos. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)