Sign in

Make Polluters Pay

@makepolluterspay.bsky.social
994 followers 880 following 102 posts

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!

PostsRepliesMedia
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
❤️ Solidarity with everyone devastated by the floods and landslides in Nepal, driven by extreme rainfall and rapid glacial destabilisation. This is climate injustice. The fossil fuel industry caused this crisis. They profited. They should pay for the #LossAndDamage 📸 Niranjan Shrestha / AP
021
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
🛑 "It is completely out of order that they should be making even an extra penny from the bloodshed of this war. It is high time to tax their windfalls and make polluters pay." - David Hillman
000
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
100
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
100
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
100
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
💰 Q2 PROFIT LEADERBOARD: Aramco: $33B | ExxonMobil: $14.7B | Chevron: $12.1B | Shell: $9.8B | TotalEnergies: $6B | BP: $5.7B | Equinor: $3.2B | ENI: $1.8B+ While communities face heatwaves, droughts & soaring bills, tens of billions go straight to buybacks & dividends.
100
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
🚨 BIG OIL’S Q2 GRAND TOTAL: $93 BILLION IN 3 MONTHS. 🚨 Eight oil super majors generated $700,000 of profit every single minute during Q2 as crude prices surged past $120 a barrel. 🧵👇 #MakePollutersPay
121
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
🛑 Conflict shouldn't create corporate windfalls. It is high time to tax their excess profits, end fossil fuel expansion, and make big polluters pay for climate destruction! 🌐 www.makepolluterspay.co.uk (Stay tuned: More Big Oil earnings reports dropping soon!)
100
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
🛑 "It is completely out of order that they should be making even an extra penny from the bloodshed of this war. It is high time to make these big polluters pay for the devastating destruction their actions have caused." - David Hillman 🌐 www.MakePollutersPay.co.uk
100
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
100
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
💰 THE DEEP DIVE: • $9.84B Adjusted Profit (up from $4.26B) • $17.5B Free Cash Flow Generated • $96.35B Total Revenue in 90 days • $3.00B Funneled into Q3 share buybacks Payouts over planet: Instead of funding climate recovery, they reward wealthy investors.
100
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
🚨 SHELL Q2 PROFITS JUST DROPPED: $9.84 BILLION IN JUST 3 MONTHS. 🚨 War & crisis in the Middle East = cash for Shell. While communities suffer record heatwaves, wildfires, and soaring fuel costs, Shell's earnings more than doubled year-over-year. 🧵👇 #MakePollutersPay #Shell
110
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
000
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
🛑 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
112
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
🏭 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. 🌍🔥🌊
100
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
🚨 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 🧵👇
133
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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
000
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"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
100
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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.
100
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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. 🧵👇
110
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
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
034
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
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...
071
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
"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. 🧵👇
051
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
#MakePollutersPay #ClimateFinance #TaxJustice #UNFCCC
010
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
It's time to embed the Polluter Pays Principle at the heart of international climate finance.
120
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The money exists. The challenge is political.
The money exists. The challenge is political.
131
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
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.
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.
110
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
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
The world has its first trillionaire.
143
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
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
From Scarcity to Abundance - Make Polluters Pay SB65 Bonn Side Event
020
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
🚨 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
This is a landmark moment for climate justice. There is no ambiguity: governments have a duty to protect people from fossil fuel harm.
043
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
"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
022
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
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
121
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
"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
100
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
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
100
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
"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
100
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
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 🏛️💸
110
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
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
120
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
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.
110
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
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 🙌
110
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
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
120
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
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
143
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
5/ ⚡ Public anger is rising. Governments are starting to consider windfall taxes. But this should only be the start.
110
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
4/ This is the oil and gas economy in plain sight: profits for a few, costs for everyone else. People are paying the price.
110
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Shout out to @oxfaminternational.bsky.social @artivistnet.bsky.social @glasgowactions.bsky.social @waronwant.bsky.social for making the photo action magic on the ground 3/ 📰 And it cut through: @washingtonpost.com @theguardian.com @apnews.com The world is watching.
120
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
2/ 🍾🛢️ It’s grotesque. So we made it impossible to ignore. Mock oil CEOs. Sitting on barrels. Celebrating crisis profits. #MakePollutersPay
110
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
1/ 🚨 Oil profits more than double, from war. BP is reporting soaring profits driven by global crisis. While millions face rising bills. While climate chaos accelerates. @fossiltreaty.bsky.social @350.org @makethempay.bsky.social @polluterspay.bsky.social
11110
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
This isn't about charity; it’s about accountability. We are standing together to signal to the world and to our partners, that the "Fairness Solution" is ready to be delivered. The hour is upon us. ✊
020
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
The momentum is scaling. 📈 This mandate is backed by the global majority. 8 out of 10 people already support the "Polluter Pays" principle. We aren't just an activist call; we are the global consensus.
110
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
We are calling on national governments to bridge the revenue gap through a revolutionary shift in finance: ✅ Windfall taxes on "war profits" ✅ Wealth taxes on the ultra-rich ✅ Ending the $12 trillion producer subsidy free ride 💸
100
Make Polluters Pay @makepolluterspay.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
While the Declaration is one of many in the history of climate talks, its real significance lies in its solidarity. 🤝 From every corner of the globe, the message is now identical: It is time to #MakePollutersPay for the transition.
100