NEWS RELEASE June 21, 2007 CONTACT: John M. Simpson, (310) 392-0522, ext. 317;(310) 292-1902 (cell) BP Foundation’s $7.5 million Grant To Stanford Came After Favorable Research Article Santa Monica, CA — The flow of Big…
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Greasing The Wheels of Academe
06-20-07 by Simpson More Big Oil Money is greasing the wheels of academe making the nation’s big name universities little more than extension campuses of “Big Oil U.” Stanford University’s Program on Energy and Sustainable…
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Big Oil U Marches On
05-29-07 by Simpson Chevron announced another extension campus of “Big Oil U” today saying that it would enter a research deal with Texas A&M Agriculture and Engineering BioEnergy Alliance. They say they plan to accelerate…
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Stanford shows some spine
05-22-07 by Simpson Stanford University, beneficiary of $100 million from ExxonMobil for alternate energy research, is finally standing up to the oil giant and voting in favor of an environmentally friendly shareholder proposal at the…
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Stanford Bows to Concerns
NEWS RELEASE: May 17, 2007 CONTACT: John M. Simpson, (310) 392-0522, ext. 317, or cell: (310) 292-1902, or Jamie Court, ext. 327 Stanford Bows to Concerns About Ties To "Big Oil U"; University Will Vote…
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UC Regents Must Block “UCBP”
NEWS RELEASE: May 16, 2007 CONTACT: John M. Simpson, (310) 392-0522, ext. 317, or cell: (310) 292-1902, or Jamie Court, ext. 327 Consumer Group Calls On Regents to Block "UCBP"; Safeguards Essential To Maintain Academic…
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Duke Latest To Join big Oil U
By Simpson05-09-07 Duke University is the latest institution to join Big Oil U with a pledge of $1 million from ConocoPhillip’s for the school’s Climate Change Policy Partnership (CCPP). The university describes the CCPP as…
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UCB Students Plan Demonstration
By Simpson05-07-07 Students at UC Berkeley who don’t want the venerable institution transformed into UCBP as a result of a $500 million deal with the oil giant, plan a demonstration on Tuesday. Organizers say they…
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Will profs learn from students?
4-26-07 by Simpson UC Berkeley’s faculty members could learn something from their students. Unlike the faculty senate’s toothless compromise resolution about the proposed $500 million deal with oil giant BP that could transform the campus…
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Exxon Taints Stanford Research
NEWS RELEASE April 26, 2007 CONTACT: John M. Simpson, (310) 392-0522 ext. 317 or cell: (310) 292-1902, or Jamie Court, (310) 392-0522, ext. 327 Credibility of New Stanford University Energy Research Tainted by ExxonMobil Ties…
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BP Losses Offset By West Profits
NEWS RELEASE April 24, 2007 CONTACT: Judy Dugan, (310) 392-0522 ext. 305, cell: (213) 280-0175, or Jamie Court, ext. 327 ‘Bumbling Petroleum’ (BP) Manages to Halt Record Profit Runs; Losses Elsewhere Offset by High Gasoline…
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Deal pushed at ‘warp speed’
Simpson4-23-2007 Why has UC Berkeley’s administration so vigorously pushed the $500 million deal with BP to fund a research institute? Prof. Anne Wagner offered an explanation to her colleagues last week. She is one of…
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It’s academic…
Simpson4-19-2007 Meeting in a special session, UC Berkeley’s faculty senate struggled with parliamentary procedures to reject resolutions that would have asked Chancellor Robert Birgeneau to delay signing a $500 million deal with oil giant…