Shell: 'We'll Pollute the Planet, You Pay the Price.'
Philippine typhoon victims are suing Shell for damages, citing climate change intensified by the energy giant’s emissions. While mainstream media frames this as a novel legal battle, it's a stark reminder that corporations like Shell have known about climate change since at least the 1970s. Their own scientists warned them. Instead of acting, they funded denial campaigns, lobbying against
regulations to protect their bottom line, creating a financial typhoon for the world while they continued to rake in billions. So, the victims ask Shell, 'Who pays for the destruction?' And Shell, for decades, has implicitly replied, 'Not us.' It appears the price of record profits is now measured in drowned communities and extinguished futures. How many more 'natural disasters' does the world
need before the media connects the dots between billion-dollar corporations and global catastrophe?