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Shell’s destructive profiteering is wrecking our planet

Fossil fuel giants are destroying our climate

The choices of oil giants like Shell are having a devastating impact on our planet, says the Scottish Greens' climate spokesperson, Mark Ruskell MSP.

Mr Ruskell's comments came as Shell published its profits for 2024.

Mr Ruskell said:

“The destructive profiteering and climate-wrecking choices of oil giants like Shell are having a devastating impact on our planet.

“The focus on fossil fuels has left households across our country with higher bills, a broken energy market and a bleak outlook for future generations.

“We urgently need to halt the expansion of oil and gas and make a generation-defining national and global investment in clean, green energy.

“These companies should be investing their profits in a renewable future rather than buying back shares and offering eye-watering dividends.

“We are sitting on a gold mine of green energy sources here in Scotland, but we won't see the benefit without fundamental government support. 

"Leaving fossil fuels in the ground and going green is the only way to secure our future and ensure a liveable planet for generations to come.”

Mr Ruskell added:

“The last few years have seen record high temperatures, with extreme weather events becoming even more damaging and even more common.

“We can’t go on like this. We cannot sit back and allow climate chaos to become our new normal.”