OAKLAND, CA (January 31, 2025) – Today, Exxon and Chevron announced their Q4 2024 profits, bringing Exxon’s total profits for the year to more than $33 billion and Chevron’s total profits to more than $18 billion. In response, Greenpeace USA’s California Climate Campaign Director, Zachary Norris, said:
“Exxon and Chevron and other international oil companies continue to rake in tens of millions of dollars in profit every single day. These greedy companies are drilling in our neighborhoods, poisoning our air and fueling deadly wildfires – all at the expense of Americans – in order to further line the pockets of the uber rich. Enough!
“The recent Los Angeles wildfires ravaged communities in California to the tune of more than $250 billion– which were fueled by climate change that has been fast tracked by the oil and gas industry. Exxon and Chevron’s massive profits are a slap in the face to these communities who have lost everything and now face finding the resources to rebuild. It is time for the polluters, including Exxon and Chevron, to pay up.
“Oil and gas and the climate crisis are causing irreparable harm to communities and with each year that passes, it is becoming more disastrous. The deadly wildfires in LA were fueled by the oil and gas industry and 2024 reached new levels in climate-driven disasters. These are not coincidences. It’s time everyone in this country connects the dots and holds polluters – with their billions in profit – accountable for their role in climate-driven disasters.”
