Louisiana’s flagship university lets oil companies influence research – for a price

Louisiana’s flagship university is allowing an oil company to participate in faculty research activities for five million dollars. Or, for $100,000, a company can participate in an investigation, with “robust” review powers and access to any resulting intellectual property. Those are the terms laid out in a standard document that Louisiana State University’s fundraising arm … Read more

Fossil fuel advocacy groups have hundreds of staff available at the UN climate talks

At least 1,300 employees of organizations representing fossil fuel interests have registered to attend this year’s United Nations climate talks in Dubai, more than three times as many as an Associated Press analysis of the talks shows. last year, when new rules came into effect requiring participants to publicize their work. . Apart from the … Read more