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‘Grotesque greed’: UN chief Guterres slams oil and gas companies

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, 'It is immoral for oil and gas companies to be making record profits from this energy crisis on the backs of the poorest people and communities, at a massive cost to the climate' [File: Pedro Nunes/Reuters]

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres slammed the “grotesque greed” of oil and gas companies and their financial backers and urged governments globally to “tax these excessive profits” to support the most vulnerable people.

“It is immoral for oil and gas companies to be making record profits from this energy crisis on the backs of the poorest people and communities, at a massive cost to the climate,” Guterres told reporters on Wednesday.

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