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Key UN reports published in last two days warn urgent and collective action needed – as oil firms report astronomical profits

The government could be doing so much more to protect consumers, says former BP executive Nick Butler

Shell is on course for its most profitable ever year and made more than double the profit it did for the same period last year

Economics is not a morality play. Don’t take my word for it – Paul Krugman said it first. In a 2010 blogpost I for some reason never forgot (alongside a host of random Arsenal scores from the early 2000s and Taylor Swift bridges), he wrote:

Shell’s takings hit £8.2bn in third quarter as domestic bills soar

Despite the cost-of-living crisis, Just Stop Oil protests and an eerily warm autumn, this is a propitious time to be an oil and gas giant. Shell has announced that its adjusted earnings have more than doubled to £8.3 billion in the three months to the end of September, compared with…

THE Scottish Greens have called for a more “meaningful” windfall tax as Shell reported its second highest quarterly profit on record.

Pressure on PM to act after £1,000-a-second profits as families face up to winter crisis

The oil giant previously promised that 2022 would be its most profitable year ever

Shell’s earnings have more than doubled in the third quarter

The oil and gas company made huge profits through its gas business, which offset the fall in oil prices