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Shell banks £10.9bn from climate chaos
A Shell logo at a petrol station
CAMPAIGNERS called on Labour to impose bolder taxes on climate-wrecking oil firms after Shell announced billions of pounds in profits today.
The fossil-fuel giant revealed profits of £10.9 billion for the first half of the year, following a stronger-than-expected second quarter.
Shell, which has only paid tax in Britain once in the last six years, still earned £4.9bn over the three months to June, despite seeing a slowdown in earnings.
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