There is this article from ArsTechnica talking about a lawsuit from the city of New York against chevron which describes the issue described by the OP https://a

There is this article from ArsTechnica talking about a lawsuit from the city of New York against chevron which describes the issue described by the OP https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/07/judge-dismisses-new-york-city-climate-lawsuit-against-oil-companies/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/07/judge-dismisses-... The direct quote from the complaint (found here on page 5: https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/show_temp.pl-15.pdf https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/show_...) would be: Meanwhile, beginning in the mid-1980s, Exxon and other major oil and gas companies, including Mobil and Shell, took actions to protect their own business assets from the impacts of climate change, including raising the decks of offshore platforms, protecting pipelines from coastal erosion, and designing helipads, pipelines, and roads in the warming Arctic)