BP’s latest profit announcement has been branded “shameful planet-wrecking profiteering” by Scottish Green co-leader Patrick Harvie, who says fossil fuel giants are “dealing a devastating blow to people and planet.”
The oil and gas company posted its Q2 2025 profits just a day after revealing its largest oil and gas discovery in 25 years off the coast of Brazil.
Harvie said the figures highlight a system “broken beyond repair” as households face crippling energy bills while corporations rake in billions.
“Our climate cannot afford the kind of shameful profiteering of fossil fuel giants like BP,” he said.
“Families are struggling with eye-watering bills and an energy market that isn’t fit for purpose while companies that are destroying our environment are raking it in.”
Harvie warned that extreme weather events will only grow worse without urgent climate action.
“It is the sign of a broken system when some of the world’s biggest corporations are making such obscene profits while our world is burning,” he said.
“At a time when extreme weather is becoming more common and more severe, we badly need leaders who will stand up to the polluters and say that enough is enough.”
He accused Labour of “talking a good game” but failing to deliver, and criticised the SNP for “trying to be all things to all people while doing as little as they can get away with.”
“They are squandering so much of our vast renewable potential while fossil fuel giants are dealing a devastating blow to people and planet,” he said.
Harvie called for an end to new oil and gas exploration and a windfall tax “worthy of the name” to fund public investment in renewable jobs and energy security.
“The best way to protect ourselves against global oil and gas prices is to invest in the future that Scotland needs,” he added.
“That means sustainable jobs in clean, green renewable energy, with as much of it as possible in public and community ownership.
“That is how we ensure proper energy security, create cutting-edge green jobs and lower bills.”
He concluded with a stark warning:
“We need to leave fossil fuels in the ground if we are to ensure a greener tomorrow and a liveable future for generations to come.”
