The Green Party has accused Shell of betraying people and planet
after it announced it was abandoning its plans to cut oil
production each year for the rest of the decade [1].
Green Party co-leader Carla Denyer said:
“Shell’s abandonment of its plans to cut oil production is a
betrayal to our planet and everyone living on it, in the
interests of greed.
“We are in the middle of a climate crisis and we know there is
one way, and one way only, to protect us from its most
devastating consequences - and that is to leave fossil fuels in
the ground.
“We also know that reducing our reliance on fossil fuels would be
the most effective way to tackle the cost of living crisis which
so many people across the country are struggling with day to day.
“For Shell to target more fossil fuel production and to increase
payouts to shareholders is pure climate vandalism, and a sign
that fossil fuel companies will not steer us to the greener
future we all crave without political leadership from national
governments.
“That is why the Green Party’s ‘dirty profits tax’ [2] would
force the biggest polluters to pay for the damage they cause
while protecting everyone else as we transition to a carbon-free
future.
“We would make this windfall tax a stepping-stone towards a
permanent carbon tax on polluting industries.”
ENDS
Notes
1 https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/shell-boost-dividend-cut-spending-new-ceo-plan-2023-06-14/
2 https://greenparty.org.uk/news/2022/02/08/greens-call-for-dirty-profits-tax/
