How fossil fuel companies have infiltrated higher education.
Academia
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How the ‘Father of Forestry’ Inspired Big Oil
How the fossil fuel industry instilled a particular understanding of the economy and the environment in American highschoolers.
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The Fossil Fuel Industry’s Century-Long Quest to Invade Elementary Schools
Miseducation starts young.
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Why the Fossil Fuel Industry Infiltrated Schools
Why did fossil fuel companies think it was worth investing in education in the first place?
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BP Emails on Princeton’s Net Zero Study and How It Directly Aligns with BP’s Strategy
Emails on how best to publicize and amplify Princeton’s net zero study, about which BP comms staff write: “Princeton’s net zero study is expected to be a guide for the Biden Administration and in many parts, directly aligns w bp’s net zero ambition and business strategy.”
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2020 BP Emails on Benefits of University Partnerships
In this email, former BP VP Bob Stout says “If Presidential elections go the way it looks now, I would not be surprised to see some of our friends in senior government policymaking roles as well!”
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BP Emails Divvying Up Responsibility for Managing Relationships with Universities
Emails between BP comms execs Bob Stout and Dev Sanyal about who will manage Harvard, Tufts and Princeton relationships.
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BP Emails Discussing Princeton CMI 2020
Emails between multiple members of BP’s comms team discussing conversations with Steve Pacala at Princeton and the CMI.
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BP AAAS Climate Future Series Panel Prep for Susan Dio 2020
Prep for Susan Dio, guiding how she should speak about BP’s university research investments, particularly its funding of the Climate Policy Lab at Tufts, the CMI at Princeton, and the BP Center for International Advance Materials, a partnership with University of Manchester, Cambridge, Imperial College London, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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List of Attendees to the OGCI Reception during CERA Week 2019
Attendees include multiple representatives from universities receiving research funding from fossil fuel companies.