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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jonathan Watts

Fuel on the fire: why oil companies are profiting as the world gets dangerously hot

A golden sunset silhouetting a dark oil pump-jack
The largest oil companies plan to increase production by an average of 14% between 2024 and 2030 according to data from the Climate Transition Centre at the London School of Economics. Photograph: Christian Hartmann/Reuters

As the world swelters in ever more dangerous heat, why are oil companies being allowed to turn up the gas instead of paying for the consequences of their greed?

That ought to be the question on everyone’s minds amid baking heat domes over much of the northern hemisphere, temperature records being smashed day after day, children dying in locked cars, hospitals filling with heatstroke victims and emergency services tackling wildfires.

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