After spending decades helping Putin expand Russian oil and gas production, oil companies are now taking advantage of the war in Ukraine to gouge consumers, pad their pockets, and push for more dangerous fossil fuel projects.

And despite their public pledges, oil companies are still sending money to Putin. Oil majors Exxon, Shell, and BP pulled out of Russian extraction projects when faced with public pressure. But that didn't stop Shell from buying a tanker of cheap Russian crude in early March and Chevron chartering multiple tankers in the weeks ahead. For oil companies, talk is cheap and tankers speak louder than words.

Meanwhile, just after the shelling in Ukraine began, the American Petroleum Institute, a mouthpiece for the industry, rolled out an aggressive lobbying campaign, arguing that now was the time to ramp up production of American oil and gas. In greasy op-eds, advertising, and letters to the White House, the industry is doing everything it can to keep us addicted to the oil and gas that funds Putin’s war machine.

We know the real solution to this crisis is an all-out transition away from oil and gas to clean energy that’s affordable, secure, and can help save our climate.

Although the fossil fuel industry is finally coming under fire for its decades of deception, denial, and delay, Big Oil is still finding ways to profiteer off of the climate emergency that it knowingly caused. From investing in offset markets to taking advantage of new ice melt caused by warming, the industry has aggressively continued to conduct business as usual. A crisis that threatens the future of humanity and ecosystems? Looks like the perfect opportunity for Big Oil profiteering.