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Fueling Knowledge: Oil and gas money shapes research, creates ‘echo chamber’ in higher education • Louisiana Illuminator

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Louisiana State University President William Tate IV visits Shell’s facility in Convent, La., in 2023 to talk about his plan to focus on five areas at the university, including energy. Shell has announced it will convert the former oil refinery into one that produces lower carbon fuels. (Louisiana State University)This is Part 2 of a two-part investigative project exploring the relationship between the fossil fuel industry and Louisiana State Un…

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Fueling Knowledge: Oil and gas money shapes research, creates ‘echo chamber’ in higher education • Louisiana Illuminator

Louisiana State University President William Tate IV visits Shell’s facility in Convent, La., in 2023 to talk about his plan to focus on five areas at the university, including energy. Shell has announced it will convert the former oil refinery into one that produces lower carbon fuels. (Louisiana State University)This is Part 2 of a two-part investigative project exploring the relationship between the fossil fuel industry and Louisiana State Un…

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Fueling Knowledge: Oil and gas money shapes research, creates ‘echo chamber’ in higher education

To learn more about this investigation, listen to the Sea Change podcast from WWNO/WRKF. Jackson Voss loves his alma mater, Louisiana State University. He appreciates that his undergraduate education was paid for by a program dreamed up by an oil magnate and that he received additional scholarships from ExxonMobil and Shell.But the socially conscious Louisiana native was also aware of what the support of those companies seemed to buy — silence.V…

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