Frackademic: noun – An academic aligned with frackers to lend credibility to fracking. Frackademia: verb – To act or work as such a person to provide credibility to frackers: “we’ve aligned with Univ. of Buffalo. We’ve done a variety of other … [Read more...]
New interim frackademic for director of UT’s Energy Institute
After the frackademia scandal, the former director of the UT Energy Institute resigned. Today the Provost appointed an interim director, Chemical Engineering professor Thomas Edgar. Oh goodie! He does research in renewable energy. Edgar’s current … [Read more...]
Merchants of Fracking Doubt
I've told you many time how the fracking industry is just like the tobacco industry and how they are using the same strategies. Merchants of Doubt is a book that shows how industry uses the strategies used by the tobacco industry to create doubt … [Read more...]
Fracking’s Joe Camel seeks new career
On the heels of yesterday's announcement about the disgraced UT fracking study and subsequent resignations by the frackademics involved, Steve Everley, a top camel in the fracking Joe Camel network announces his plan to seek a new career. "If you're … [Read more...]
Frackademia busted
University of Texas reviewers blast fracking report and recommend its withdrawal “It should be stressed,” the reviewers said, “that the term ‘fact-based’ would not apply to [the report's analysis] in the sense characterizing scientific research … [Read more...]
Frackademia is back and it’s worse than we thought
Industry is funding "training" programs for regulators and legislators. As I learned at the "PSYPOS Conference" this is what the industry calls "inoculation." At Universities, Fracking Research Funded by Oil and Gas Companies Critics question the … [Read more...]
Frackademia strikes again
We recently coined a new term: Frackademia: noun – An academic aligned with frackers Frackademia in the news today: Bloomberg: Frackers Fund University Research That Proves Their Case By Jim Efstathiou Jr. – Jul 22, 2012 11:00 PM CT Public … [Read more...]