Shell could have helped slow down or reverse climate change 30 years ago, but slept on the report: European oil and gas company Shell conducted research as early as the 1980s that confirmed climate change would become a serious phenomenon, but decided to bury the evidence and continue drilling for oil, according to IFL Science. The company also reportedly threw its weight behind disseminating false information to cast a shadow of doubt on climate science. Had Shell chosen the alternative route of supporting action against climate change, “we’d be well on the way” to solving global warming now, according to an environmental scientist.

However, Shell is not the first or only company guilty of these actions: We noted reports back in 2016 of how ExxonMobil may be the first to see a Big Tobacco-style showdown over climate change. Exxon has allegedly been aware of climate change aware for almost 40 years.