Dan Hirschman
“fossil-funded centres are more favourable in their reports towards natural gas than towards renewable energy, and tweets are more favourable when they mention funders by name. Centres less dependent on fossil funding show a reversed pattern with more neutral sentiment towards gas, and favour solar and hydro power.” https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-022-01521-3
Favourability towards natural gas relates to funding source of university energy centres - Nature Climate Change

University-based energy centres play an important role in climate discourse but many are funded by fossil fuel businesses. This study shows that fossil-fuel-funded centres express more positive sentiment towards natural gas, compared to renewable energy, than those not funded by the fossil industry.

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Nov 11, 2022 at 11:52amMetatext
Show threadDan HirschmanNov 11, 2022
Cc @ClimateSSN
Show threadNickStarrettNov 21, 2022
@asociologist can’t say I’m surprised but thank you for sharing this article