see themselves in the "Energy" Business and cooperate with Government to help in the shift to other forms of energy, they doubled down on their "Cash Cow" (Oil & Gas) to maintain profits...simple laziness and greed. Now their chickens are coming home to roost and they refuse to take any responsibility. EXXON, et al, should be required to do what they should have done earlier...help the nation, and CA in particular, deal with the ramifications of dangers they knew they'd be responsible for.
Link: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/01/harvard-led-analysis-finds-exxonmobil-internal-research-accurately-predicted-climate-change/