Aramco have acquired a majority stake in chemicals + plastics firm SABIC, + bought into huge Chinese plastics + chemicals projects from Korea to Texas, with the aim that production of plastics 'would drive nearly half of oil-demand growth by mid-century':
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
To keep profits rolling in, oil and gas companies want to turn fossil fuels into a mounting pile of packaging and other plastic products
www.scientificamerican.com
WATERSHED Investigations
The state-owned oil company of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Aramco, was responsible for emissions of 1.7bn tonnes CO2 in 2024
That's more than the emissions of Japan & Germany combined
Exxon, with 610mn tonnes, caused more CO2 emissions than South Korea
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Critics accuse leading firms of sabotaging climate action but say data increasingly being used to hold them to account
