Make Polluters Pay
@makepolluterspay
The oil giants made billions wrecking our climate and driving up bills. It’s time they paid to fix it. We're holding them to account!
🛑 They profit. We pay. ⚖️ It's time to tax the windfalls, halt fossil-fuel expansion, and make the biggest polluters pay for the destruction they've caused. ✊🌱 #WindfallTax #LossAndDamage #ClimateFinance
🏭 Refining profits surged from $389M to $1.8B, while European margins hit $13.50/bbl. 📈 Where's the money going? $1.5B in share buybacks & a 5.9% dividend hike. 🤑🤝 Meanwhile, families face soaring energy bills & deadly climate impacts like floods and heatwaves. 🌍🔥🌊
🚨 War drives up prices. Big Oil cashes in. People pay the bill. 🚨 TotalEnergies just reported $6B in adjusted net income & $9.8B in cash flow in 3 months, openly cashing in on the ongoing Iran conflict and a "high-price environment." 💰💥 #MakePollutersPay #TotalEnergies 🧵👇
They caused it. They knew. They should pay. It’s time for governments to tax windfall profits and fund a fast, fair transition to clean energy. TotalEnergies earnings drop tomorrow, stay tuned. 🌐 Learn more: www.MakePollutersPay.co.uk
"It’s totally clear: they knew, they profited, and we're all paying the price. They shouldn't make another penny from war. It's time to Make The Big Polluters Pay." - Louise Hutchins, Convenor, Make Polluters Pay Coalition
As families across Europe & the world face sweltering heatwaves, wildfires & soaring energy bills, Equinor is handing $3 BILLION directly back to wealthy investors in share buybacks this year. Conflict and market volatility shouldn't create corporate windfalls.
Equinor’s Q2 profits just dropped. Norwegian oil giant Equinor generated $11.48 BILLION in adjusted operating income in just 90 days. Its net operating income surged 127% to $12.99 BILLION.While you pay the price for climate breakdown, Big Oil is cashing in on crisis. 🧵👇
While families struggle with soaring bills and record heatwaves, Big Oil is preparing to report another round of massive profits. Conflict shouldn’t create windfalls. They caused the crisis, they knew the harm, they must pay. @350.org @oxfamgb.bsky.social Tax the profits. #MakePollutersPay
Tonight at London Climate Action Week: We have a fantastic line-up of speakers. Join us as we explore how to shift public narratives and build broad public support for climate justice. The movement to make polluters pay is moving into the mainstream. www.eventbrite.com/e/time-to-ma...
"We can finally turn the page on fossil fuels & write a future powered by renewables & rooted in climate justice." UN Chief @antonioguterres.bsky.social lays it bare: our dependence on fossil fuels is the "worst of times." We demand a fair, well-funded transition. Time to #MakePollutersPay. 🧵👇
It's time to embed the Polluter Pays Principle at the heart of international climate finance.
Here at the Bonn climate negotiations, Make Polluters Pay brought together governments, civil society and the COP30 Presidency to discuss how taxing fossil fuel profits, extreme wealth and other polluting activities could unlock hundreds of billions for climate action.
The world has its first trillionaire. Meanwhile, money for climate-hit communities is still missing. @giescr.bsky.social @oxfamgb.bsky.social @boell.de @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social @waronwant.bsky.social @globalwitness.org
Happening NOW at #SB64 in Bonn! 🇩🇪 We are joining forces in the Kaminzimmer Room: From Scarcity to Abundance. The money exists. It’s time to make polluters pay. 🏛️💸 @giescr.bsky.social @oxfamgb.bsky.social @boell.de @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social @waronwant.bsky.social @globalwitness.org
🚨 BREAKING: The UN General Assembly has voted to adopt the historic ICJAO climate ruling. This is an incredible landmark moment for global climate justice. "There is no ambiguity now." ⚖️🧵 #makepolluterspay #fossilfuels @oxfaminternational.bsky.social @350.org @polluterspay.bsky.social
"A lack of financial sector regulation means private finance continues to flow to the source of the problem. Governments have the power to make fossil fuel companies and the banks that fund them pay for the harms they cause." -Joanne O’Neill, ActionAid UK @actionaiduk.bsky.social
People Over Profit "Shell’s obscene profits are a stark reminder that we need our governments to put people and planet before profit, because oil corporations never will unless we force them to." - Louise Hazan, Tipping Point UK ✊☀️ @louisehazan.bsky.social @tippingpointuk.bsky.social
"Over 100 people in the Philippines are saying enough, they lost everything to a typhoon fuelled by climate change, and now they are suing Shell for the damage. It's high time Shell pays its share." - Madeleine Lynch, Odette Case Campaigner 🇵🇭📜 @odettecase.org @madeleinetl.bsky.social
Protecting the Vulnerable "While people around the world struggle with soaring energy costs, Shell is raking in billions. Governments must act now to tax these excess profits and use the money to protect vulnerable households." - Anne Jellema, @350.org
"Working people are hit with higher bills while fossil fuel executives cash in on the very instability they helped create. The choice is between more chaos, conflict and price shocks or finally breaking with oil and gas." - Andrew Nazdin, Glasgow Actions Team @andrewnazdin.bsky.social
The Choice for Governments "Governments face a clear choice: let these corporations get away with it or make them pay their fair share towards climate damages and to fund a rapid transition to renewable energy." - Louise Hutchins, Make Polluters Pay Coalition 🏛️💸
War. Crisis. Record profits. 🛑💸 Shell just reported $6.92bn for Q1 while households absorb a $1,400 per-person annual drain. This isn't just business as usual, it's an indictment of a system that fuels instability at our expense. It’s time to make polluters pay. #Shell
In Santa Marta, something shifted. The plan to end fossil fuels got real. The conversation is no longer if, but how fast… and who pays.
This is what movement power looks like. Activists. Organisers. Partners. Creative actions that cut through. Pressure that shifts the debate. Credit to everyone who made this happen 🙌
And the public agrees. New polling from Oxfam shows strong global support for making oil and gas giants pay for the transition. This is a mainstream call for fairness. @oxfamamerica.bsky.social
That’s a wrap on Santa Marta 🇨🇴 What a moment. Our beach action, mock “oil CEOs” celebrating crisis profits, went global 🌍 Picked up by The Washington Post, The Guardian, AP. And it captured something bigger. 👇 @makethempay.bsky.social @350.org
5/ ⚡ Public anger is rising. Governments are starting to consider windfall taxes. But this should only be the start.