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Feb 3 7 tweets 2 min read
As Shell and its shareholders enjoy a "momentous year" of profits, families all over the UK are dealing with unbearable pressure as their energy bills soar.

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news.sky.com/story/fresh-ca…
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To put Shell's profits in context: they are enough to basically cover the energy bill rise facing every family in the UK (Shell's profits: £12bn. If the price cap goes up by £570 today for 22m households: £12.5bn).
And yet the UK Govt is still bending over backwards for Shell
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That includes unbelievably generous tax treatment, e.g. the UK is the only country in the world in which Shell operates in which it didn't pay tax in 2020. In fact we paid Shell almost £100 million in rebates (all while Shell was laying off workers in the UK)
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And enabling Shell to keep expanding its operations in the UK, to the point that Shell is forecast to spend more on developing new fields and exploration than any other operator in the North Sea
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You'll hear Shell and others claim that they'll use their profits responsibly but the reality is that Shell is dealing out cash to its shareholders and puts just 10% of its overall investment in renewables--the rest goes on oil and gas.
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These companies are committed to getting rich on drilling for oil and gas during a climate crisis and a cost of living crisis driven by our dependency on gas, plain and simple.

Full statement here: stopcambo.org.uk/updates/reacti…
UPDATE: The FT is reporting Shell's adjusted earnings for 2021 — the profit measure most closely tracked by analysts — as £14.2bn.
That's a billion more than the expected total cost of the price rise today.

ft.com/content/ca4fba…

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More from @tessakhan

Feb 3
Rishi Sunak just got the analysis of the causes of the energy price crisis right (i.e. our dependency on gas) but then proposed that the solution is more support for North Sea oil and gas companies.
This is deeply misjudged in so many ways. Let's count them! THREAD 🧵
1/ Gas is globally traded which means that increasing domestic production won't lower our bills. Prices here are determined by demand and supply dynamics all over the region/world, and North Sea oil & gas companies will sell their product to the highest bidder.
E.g. in September 2021 when gas prices were soaring in the UK, North Sea oil & gas companies exported a record amount of gas to Belgium where they could get a higher price. These are private companies acting in their own short-term interest--they're not here to help UK families!
Read 12 tweets
Dec 2, 2021
I know I've already said it, but this is genuinely HUGE NEWS and shows that the writing is on the wall for new oil and gas developments in the UK, starting with #Cambo. These developments can't be defended on climate OR economic grounds.

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There's no room for new oil and gas developments in a liveable climate and a world where we limit warming to 1.5°C. The science couldn't be clearer. The International Energy Agency has said it, the UN has said it, @PriceofOil and others have been saying it for years.
The economics of these projects are also hopeless. The vast majority of oil and gas reserves will be stranded assets in a 1.5°C world. @CarbonBubble and others have put that beyond doubt.
Read 9 tweets
Nov 19, 2021
It’s (way past) time to scrutinise claims that oil from the #Cambo oil field will be used to meet domestic energy demand in the UK.
In short, it is overwhelmingly likely to be exported.
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Oil from Cambo is a heavy crude--sticky gloopy stuff--that's in v low demand. It's not high grade which is partly why it's taken 20+ yrs for the licence-holders to extract it. UK refineries don't buy a lot of Cambo-type oil & aren't set up to turn large amounts into anything...
...domestically useful. BUT let's be generous and assume that Cambo has the same chance as any other domestically-extracted oil of ending up in the UK supply chain.
Read 9 tweets
May 27, 2021
Good morning! For those who remain unmoved by the decision yesterday against Shell because Shell can & almost certainly will appeal, I have a great story for you about how that worked out for the Dutch govt when it appealed in @urgenda's climate case...
ft.com/content/340501…
Spoiler: it ended with emphatic judgments in the Hague Court of Appeal & Supreme Court upholding & expanding on earlier judgments, providing even more great fodder for those of us working to hold big polluters accountable for the climate crisis
Also, regardless of what happens next in court, the consequences of this case for the fossil fuel industry will be systemic and immediate. It will inspire other cases around the world, just as @urgenda did, & escalate the perception of risk among investors, ⬆️ cost of capital...
Read 6 tweets
May 26, 2021
An absolutely historic decision from the Hague District Court against #Shell. Aside from the obvious headline emissions reduction order (45% by 2030 compared to 2019) there is so much to unpack in the court's reasoning. A few (personal) highlights 👇
theguardian.com/business/2021/…
Much like its decision in the climate case brought by @urgenda against the Dutch gov't, the court found that human rights obligations aren't directly enforceable against the defendant, but that they can be used to determine the standard of care that the defendant owes
In this instance, it's significant that the Court drew on voluntary or soft law principles like the UN Guiding Principles on Business & Human Rights to inform its expectations of Shell's conduct. A very welcome way to give those soft standards some real teeth.
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