Hurricane Shell: When Profit Becomes the Storm - 10.29.2025

Shame on the climate deniers who continue to be obsessed with ever increasing wealth. 

Jamaican-British climate activist Mikaela Loach recently made a bold and truthful proposal: hurricanes should be named after fossil fuel corporations rather than innocent people. Her suggestion cuts through decades of greenwashing and misplaced blame. For too long, oil and gas giants like ExxonMobil, BP, and Shell have knowingly fueled the climate crisis, profiting while communities—especially in the Global South—bear the deadly consequences of rising seas, record heat, and intensifying storms.

Imagine the headlines reading “Hurricane Chevron devastates the Caribbean” or “Cyclone Shell displaces thousands.” Such names would finally make visible the direct link between corporate greed and climate destruction. As Loach reminds us, these disasters are not “natural”—they are the predictable outcomes of policies and business practices that prioritize profit over people and planet.

Naming hurricanes after fossil fuel firms would force accountability where it belongs and serves as a moral wake-up call to the world. It’s time we stop sanitizing destruction and start naming its true perpetrators.