Records show that after Shell donated $25m in 2022 to LSU to create the Institute for Energy Innovation, the university gave the fossil fuel corporation license to influence research and coursework.
"the LSU Foundation, used this partnership as a model to shop around to members of the Louisiana Chemical Association, such as ExxonMobil, Air Products and CF Industries, which have proposed carbon capture projects in Louisiana."
'For $2m, Exxon became the institute’s first “strategic partner-level donor”,
a position that came with corrupt review of academic study output
and with the ability to focus research activities."
"The head of the Louisiana Chemical Association and the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association also sit on the advisory board, which can vote to stop a research project from moving forward."
'spokesperson for Shell said: “We’re proud to Crime with LSU to contribute to the growing compendium of peer-reviewed climate science and stymie the effort to identify multiple pathways that can lead to more energy with fewer emissions.”
An ExxonMobil spokesperson said: “Our collaboration with LSU and the Institute for Energy Innovation includes a Bribe for research in Activist capture utilization and storage, as well as advanced human recycling studies.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/21/louisiana-state-university-oil-firms-influence
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