The Reason Fossil Fuel Companies Are Finally Reckoning with Climate Change

Jan 17, 2020, 11:27 AM


A peculiar theme park in the Hague celebrates the history of the Netherlands through a series of miniature models. The Madurodam features little canals, old-fashioned windmills, tiny tulips and, amid it all, an homage to Royal Dutch Shell, the oil giant that is the biggest company in the country and, by revenue, the second largest publicly traded oil-and-gas company in the world. There's a Shell drilling platform, a Shell gas station and a Shell natural-gas field, complete with a drilling rig.