Irish Independent : Independent | Government rules out domestic windfall tax on energy companies

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The Irish government has decided not to introduce a domestic windfall tax on energy firms despite sharply higher profits linked to the Iran‑related conflict, a move announced by Charlie Weston. This decision follows a report from the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (CRU) which found that electricity and gas suppliers are not earning excessive margins on retail sales, even as households and businesses feel increased financial pressure from the Middle‑East crisis.

Read more: https://www.independent.ie/business/money/government-rules-out-domestic-windfall-tax-on-energy-companies/a1404391683.html

#Government #CRU #Ireland #EU #Iran #MiddleEast #energycompanies #energyregulator #Irishconsumers #

RE: https://aus.social/@mojo/116453455095944748

Corporate energy giants (mostly foreign not Australian): “endless funding for lobbying and spin, but resistance when asked to pay a fair return on public resources.”
WHY? IS? IT? SO? 🤔

#AusPol #energyCompanies #lobbying #notPayingFairTaxes #AustralianResources #socialLicense #advertising #arrogance

#Navajos Warn of Secretive Tribal Government Reform

Dine' Grassroots coalition, "spoke of the #bribes, backdoor deals and tribal government #corruption involved in the tribe's deals with #EnergyCompanies."

By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, Jan. 27, 2026

"Navajos warned of a secretive Navajo government reform that is underway that would change #Diné life, and silence the voices of the people for generations to come.

"#ChiliYazzie, former #Shiprock Council Delegate and Chapter President, said proposing the government reform as a 'yes or no' question for the Dine' voters on the ballot in 2026 is 'an abuse of our people.' "

Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/01/navajos-warn-of-secretive-tribal.htm

#USPol #NativeAmericanNews #ReaderSupportedNews #NavajoNation #CulturalSurvival #MotherEarth #NoUraniumMining #NoMiningWithoutConsent #NoLithiumMining #RespectMotherEarth #RememberKleeBenally #CorporateColonialism #BuuNygren

Sunday, August 10, 2025

As ceasefire deadline passes, no additional Russia sanctions announced by Trump — Ukrainian intelligence confirms hitting radar station in Russian-occupied Crimea — Zelensky warns Russia will reinvade if ceasefire favors Moscow, ahead of Trump-Putin meeting — Ukraine, Europe reject Putin’s ceasefire proposal, present counter-proposal to US ahead of Trump-Putin meeting … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/sunday-august-10-2025/

#GreatBritishEnergyBill

'...the last government was happy with #StateOwnership of #EnergyCompanies in #Britain “but with one crucial overriding condition – that it would be state ownership by any country except Britain”'

'Indeed, get this. The city of Munich owns more of our offshore wind capacity than the British government.'
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/sep/05/grenfell-report-angela-rayner-labour-tories-uk-politics

Editorial: It’s not difficult – the way to cut energy prices is public ownership | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/its-not-difficult-way-cut-energy-prices-public-ownership

#Energy
#EnergyBills
#EnergyCompanies
,#Privatisation
#Nationalisation

Energy companies are vultures. I had this many years ago at a London flat, where a 'debt collection agency' kept sending red-lined demands to "The Occupier" for a previous tenant's debt. I faxed them a cease and desist letter - and the fax machine showed that the recipient was the energy company, the debt collector being a fake front operation. They desisted.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/article/2024/may/06/bills-you-dont-owe-menacing-debt-collectors-the-terrifying-world-of-energy-company-customers

#DebtCollection #EnergyCompanies #EnergyBills #UKenergy #ConsumerLaw

> Energy companies operating in countries such as the US, UK, Germany and Norway appear to have installed technology that could stop researchers from identifying methane, carbon dioxide emissions and pollutants at industrial facilities involved in the disposal of unprofitable natural gas, known in the industry as flaring.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/may/02/methane-emissions-gas-flaring-hidden-satellite-monitors-oil-gas

#Flaring #EnergyCompanies #MethaneEmissions #RegulatoryCapture
/HT @BigOzzie7