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Summaries by Jason Bordoff & Geoffrey M. Heal • January 01, 2025
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EDITORIAL NOTE: The below working papers and supporting analysis were developed in response to an article published in Nature Climate Change by SIPA Professor Doug Almond along with Xinming Du and Anna Papp, “Favorability towards natural gas relates to funding source of university energy centers.”
As of September 2025, the document titled, “9.17.25 Funding Sources and Research Conclusions” is available on SSRN, which finds that the Almond et al. analysis does not support the conclusion that CGEP’s research is influenced by its funding. The published article can be found below:
Other articles on this topic, including, “2.18.25 Comments on Almond et al. Favorability towards natural gas relates to funding source of university energy centers” which was submitted to Nature Climate Change, can be found below:
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Summaries by Jason Bordoff & Geoffrey M. Heal • January 01, 2025