Lynne Archibald

May 7, 2024 | progressive.org | Lynne Archibald |Hannah Martinez

Princeton professor and climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer didn’t always see partnering with fossil fuel companies to do climate research as a giant red flag. But he eventually came to view those relationships as a conflict of interest and cut ties with industry. Between 2010 and 2020, the fossil fuel industry funded $700 million worth of energy research on U.S. campuses. At Princeton last year, the funding of research by oil and gas companies increased by 15 percent to more than $4 million.