OIL giant BP revealed obscene profits today while skyrocketing bills are forcing households to risk their own health by cutting energy use.

The British transnational announced underlying profits of £1.7 billion from July to September.

Izzie McIntosh, climate campaigner at Global Justice Now, said: “The fossil fuel industry’s profiteering is only made possible through the destruction of the climate, felt most starkly by countries in the global South.