How BP's Sponsorship of Princeton Research Shaped a Climate Study That Avoided Fossil Fuel Phase-Out
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Maddie Stone, Katie Worth and Amy Westervelt / Salon
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This investigative piece reveals how BP (British Petroleum) sponsored an elite Princeton research center and helped shape the influential "Wedges" climate study published 22 years ago. The study presented a narrative that climate change could be solved through incremental approaches without requiring a transition away from fossil fuels. The article examines the corporate influence on climate science and how industry funding helped craft a solution that was palatable to oil companies by avoiding the need to leave fossil fuels in the ground.
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bskyHow BP's Sponsorship of Princeton Research Shaped a Climate Study That Avoided Fossil Fuel Phase-Outrsn.orgKey quotes
· 3 pulledIt is rare that a single scientific paper shapes how people think about a challenge as daunting as climate change.
It made solving climate change seem possible, even simple.
The trick was to do a little of everything and let the effects add up.
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