At Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, a group of climate activists has just published a report taking issue with the Arthur Irving Institute for Energy and Society.
The new facility at the Ivy League school was named after the owner of Irving Oil, which operates Canada’s largest refinery in Saint John, New Brunswick.
The report by Fossil Free Dartmouth raises questions about greenwashing and the potential undermining of academic credibility.
Dartmouth established the institute with money from Irving Oil, Arthur Irving, his wife Sandra Irving, their daughter Sarah Irving, and the Arthur L. Irving Family Foundation.
The report states that one-third of the Institute’s advisory board works with the fossil fuel industry either directly or indirectly.
Its members include Sandra Irving, Sarah Irving, Irving Oil president Ian Whitcomb, and ExxonMobil global brand manager Abigail Rodgers.
The report calls for Irving Oil and ExxonMobil reps to be removed from the board. It also call for the Institute to be renamed, and for the college to implement a policy rejecting funds from fossil fuel companies.
For more on this, the NB Media Co-op spoke to Erin Steuter, a professor of sociology specializing in critical media studies at Mount Allison University.
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