Free-market research group's climate proposal denounced by host university
Source: The Guardian
Free-market research group's climate proposal denounced by host university
Suffolk University says Beacon Hill Institute had not followed rules
and that research plans did not match university's mission
Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent
theguardian.com, Thursday 5 December 2013 19.52 GMT
The host university of the free marketeer Beacon Hill Institute has repudiated its proposal to carry out research with the express purpose of undermining a regional climate change initiative.
The institute, based in the economics department of Suffolk University, had sought $38,825 to carry out an economic analysis that would aid efforts to weaken or roll back a five-year effort by states in the north-east to reduce carbon pollution, known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
The proposal from Beacon Hill made no secret of its goal. "Success will take the form of media recognition, dissemination to stakeholders, and legislative activity that will pare back or repeal RGGI," the funding proposal said.
In a prepared statement, Suffolk University made clear it had not been consulted about Beacon Hill's research plans – and would not have authorised the grant proposal if it had been.
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