Last week, Willie Soon was caught failing to disclose conflicts of interest in his climate research and congressional testimony after having received over $1.2 million in funding from fossil fuel companies. This revelation raised alarms in Congress, with Rep. Grijalva sending letters to the universi...
Fossil Fuel Industry Caught Taking A Page Out Of The Tobacco Playbook
Dana Nuccitelli, The Guardian, Raw Story: Science
Mon, 03/02/2015 - 10:47am
Topics: science
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