Corporate Criminality – Climate Crisis in 2022

Shell Oil has just reported record profits, despite inflationary price increases.

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What did the oil firms know?  

When did they realize it? 

What did they do?

What will the courts do, including the court o public opinion?

This infographic provides a timeline of climate denial and oil industry actions back to 1954. It is highly informative.¹ 

Attorneys General sue for redress. Columbia Law School is a good source of information about litigation.²

In the realm of public information on corporate behavior being compiled, it is noteworthy that in the area of supporting Putin’s war, the Washington Post just linked to an academic list of “good and bad” corporations.^{3, 4}

Shell Oil has just reported record profits, despite inflationary price increases.⁵

Information can be very powerful.  Hopefully, information will empower more people to help them protect themselves and all of us – before it is too late for too many of us.⁶

References (Live links to documents):

1. Assessing ExxonMobil’s climate change communications

2. Peer Review Network of Global Climate Litigation

3. Stop buying from these companies They’re Funding Putin’s War

4. Almost 1,000 Companies Have Curtailed Operations in Russia—But Some Remain

5. Shell posts record quarterly profit thanks to the surge in energy prices

6. “Criminal” Climate Crisis – Earth Day 2022