Coal, oil and gas corporations are making huge profits while communities are left paying for the damage they cause. Sign our open letter demanding fossil fuel corporations clean up their own mess.

Shell's mess in Nigeria

The Niger Delta is one of the world’s largest wetlands, larger in area than Tasmania, and home to millions of people. It is also one of the world’s largest oil-producing regions.

For decades, Shell’s pursuit of profits caused oil spills, devastating communities who depend on the Delta’s land, rivers and creeks for their food, water and livelihoods.

Over 22 Olympic-sized swimming pools worth of oil had poured into the now poisoned Niger Delta by 2015. Amnesty has analysed internal Shell documents showing the company knew about its role in the unfolding catastrophe.

Now, having sold its assets in Nigeria, Shell is trying to walk away from the ongoing human rights crisis and environmental disaster it caused.

We're also paying the price.

This injustice doesn’t just happen overseas. In Australia, fossil fuel corporations are also leaving communities and taxpayers to pick up the bill.

Santos was fined just $10,000 for spilling 25,000 litres of gas off the Western Australian coast. Meanwhile, taxpayers are set to foot more than A$500 million in decommissioning costs for a joint Chevron, ExxonMobil and Santos oil project – despite these companies reporting a combined US$40 billion in profits in 2025 alone.

With such meagre consequences, fossil fuel corporations can continue making enormous profits while everyday people are left to clean up their mess. These same corporations are also driving climate change, with devastating consequences for people around the world.

Help us end this injustice. Add your voice to our open letter demanding fossil fuel corporations clean up their own mess!