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UC's biotech-biofuel benefactors: The power of big finance and bad ideas
by Miguel A Altieri, Professor, University of California, Berkeley Eric Holt-Gimenez, Executive Director, Food First. Oakland With royal fanfare, British Petroleum just donated big monies in research funds for UC Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore Laboratories and the University of Illinois to develop new sources of energy—primarily biotechnology to produce biofuel crops. This comes on the anniversary of Berkeley's hapless research deal with seed giant Novartis ten years ago. However, at half a billion dollars, the BP grant dwarfs Novartis’ investment by a factor of ten. The graphics of the announcement were unmistakable: BP's corporate logo is perfectly aligned with the flags of the Nation, the State, and the University.
by Miguel A Altieri, Professor, University of California, Berkeley Eric Holt-Gimenez, Executive Director, Food First. Oakland With royal fanfare, British Petroleum just donated big monies in research funds for UC Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore Laboratories and the University of Illinois to develop new sources of energy—primarily biotechnology to produce biofuel crops. This comes on the anniversary of Berkeley's hapless research deal with seed giant Novartis ten years ago. However, at half a billion dollars, the BP grant dwarfs Novartis’ investment by a factor of ten. The graphics of the announcement were unmistakable: BP's corporate logo is perfectly aligned with the flags of the Nation, the State, and the University.
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