Democrats Urge Windfall Tax as Oil Firms Prepare to Cash in on the Iran War
Source: Mother Jones · Bias: Left
Summary
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. With big oil companies poised to reap billions of dollars in profits from the war in Iran, Democratic lawmakers and progressive groups are calling for a windfall tax on major fossil fuel companies. The US-Israeli strikes on Iran have triggered […]
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