Shell and Exxon’s secret 1980s climate change warnings | Benjamin Franta
For its part, Exxon warned of “potentially catastrophic events that must
be considered.” Like Shell’s experts, Exxon’s scientists predicted
devastating sea-level rise, and warned that the American Midwest and
other parts of the world could become desert-like. Looking on the bright
side, the company expressed its confidence that “this problem is not as
significant to mankind as a nuclear holocaust or world famine.”