The fossil fuel industry's invisible colonization of academia | Benjamin Franta and Geoffrey Supran

Corporate capture of academic research by the fossil fuel industry is an elephant in the room and a threat to tackling climate change.On February 16, the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center hosted a film screening of the "Rational Middle Energy Series." The university promoted the event as "Finding Energy's Rational Middle" and described the film's motivation as "a need and desire for a balanced discussion about today's energy issues." Who can argue with balance and rationality? And with Harvard's stamp of approval, surely the information presented to students and the public would be credible and reliable. Right? Continue reading...