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Government should ‘hold firm’ on compliance with emissions caps and reduction deadlines for oil and gas sector, say environmentalists

With second quarter oil and gas profits soaring, environmentalists are calling for a 'windfall profits tax' on oil and gas companies, questioning the morality of the sector to 'rake in record amounts while people are suffering' from the war in Ukraine and global 'fossil fuel-driven inflation.'

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August 15, 2022

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