BP’s green plans undermined after announcing record profits

Commenting on news reports that BP’s profits doubled last year, to £23bn, which have been published this morning alongside a new strategy that compromises its green ambitions, Greenpeace UK’s head of climate justice, Kate Blagojevic, said: 

“BP is yet another fossil fuel giant mining gold out of the vast suffering caused by the climate and energy crisis. What’s worse, their green plans seem to have been strongly undermined by pressure   from investors and governments to make even more dirty money out of oil and gas. This is precisely why we need governments to intervene to change the rules.

“Not only will BP’s new strategy fail to deliver much needed energy security in the UK but it will ensure that people across the globe already battling devastating droughts, floods and heatwaves, will continue losing their lives and livelihoods. It’s time to stop drilling and start making polluters, not communities – who did least to cause the problem – pay the price for the climate damage they are causing all around the world.”