37 Local Mayors Push for Energy Companies to Pay Climate Change Levies

A letter calling for an extra $10 billion of tax has been signed by mostly Green and independent councillors across the country.

Wind turbines in Albany, Western Australia, on Feb. 18, 2024. Susan Mortimer/The Epoch Times

A group of Australian mayors and councillors are calling on the federal government to collect an extra $10 billion each year from petroleum companies to pushback against climate change.

The 37 leaders who signed the letter include independent mayors and councillors, and a large number of Greens local government leaders.