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How a US public university courted the gas industry despite climate concerns



McNeese State University in Louisiana building a liquefied natural gas center, prompting fears of ‘corporate capture’One of Louisiana’s top public universities has prompted concerns about “corporate capture” over its expanding relationship with the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry, despite environmental warnings about pollution and prolonging fossil fuel use.As the US’s LNG boom gained momentum in south-west Louisiana, McNeese State University courted the industry to help launch a new LNG Center of Excellence currently under construction, hired a director doubling as an LNG industry lobbyist, and approached federal regulators to co-locate their own research center at the university, according to emails obtained via public records requests by DeSmog and the Guardian. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/19/mcneese-state-university-louisiana-natural-gas

Author : Sara Sneath and Natalie McLendon

Publish date : 2024-12-19 13:00:00

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