Fossil fuel companies were never going to voluntarily admit to their role in the climate crisis An oil refinery at twilight.Samart Boonyang/AlamyFossil fuel companies were never going to voluntarily admit to their role in the climate crisis. By the late 2020s, people turned to two methods to force the issue. Illegal means involved sabotage, destruction of oil infrastructure and more. Legal methods focused on litigation to force governments to comply with emissions targets and on corporations to pay reparations for past damage. If the energy policies of the 47th US president, Donald Trump, were drill, baby, drill,