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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKoch is off the board for the American Museum of Natural History!
https://www.facebook.com/TheNaturalHistoryMuseum/photos/a.543341515766428.1073741829.464556873644893/758311620936082/?type=3&theater&can_id=7f7525b679c9a3673ed2e930973dac2c&source=email-victory-koch-leaves-board-of-american-museum-of-natural-history&email_referrer=victory-koch-leaves-board-of-american-museum-of-natural-history___39902&email_subject=big-news-koch-leaves-board-of-american-museum-of-natural-history&link_id=2http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/01/20/david-h-koch-leaves-natural-history-museum-board/?_r=2&mtrref=undefined
More than nine months ago, dozens of members of the scientific community signed a letter that called for museums of science and natural history to cut all ties with fossil fuel companies and philanthropists like Mr. Koch, who also sits on the advisory board of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. A separate petition by environmental activists urged the museums to remove him from their respective boards.
The letter expressed deep concern about the links between museums of science and natural history with those who profit from fossil fuels or fund lobby groups that misrepresent climate science. The letter was the project of the Natural History Museum, a mobile museum that highlights the socio-political forces that shape nature, according to its co-founder and director, Beka Economopoulos.
But Cristyne Nicholas, a spokeswoman in New York for Mr. Koch, said that the letter and petition had nothing to do with Mr. Kochs departure. He was not swayed by that at all and it absolutely did not factor into his decision, Ms. Nicholas said.
The letter expressed deep concern about the links between museums of science and natural history with those who profit from fossil fuels or fund lobby groups that misrepresent climate science. The letter was the project of the Natural History Museum, a mobile museum that highlights the socio-political forces that shape nature, according to its co-founder and director, Beka Economopoulos.
But Cristyne Nicholas, a spokeswoman in New York for Mr. Koch, said that the letter and petition had nothing to do with Mr. Kochs departure. He was not swayed by that at all and it absolutely did not factor into his decision, Ms. Nicholas said.
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Koch is off the board for the American Museum of Natural History! (Original Post)
RKP5637
Jan 2016
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He's such a sleaze! He gets on boards, donates money, and then proceeds to change
RKP5637
Jan 2016
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JudyM
(29,293 posts)1. Wow. This is the best of thing I've read in a long time. Greatest page candidate!
Thanks for posting!
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)2. He's such a sleaze! He gets on boards, donates money, and then proceeds to change
them to his way of thinking via his donations. He does the same thing with business schools at universities. They want the money, but then they start teaching business the Koch-way. He would be nothing without his money.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)3. I hope to see him and his brother there really soon.
As exhibits.
Fozzledick
(3,860 posts)5. I think that would be redundant.
They already have a tyrannosaurus.
meow2u3
(24,774 posts)6. You stole the words right off my keyboard
mahina
(17,715 posts)4. If you haven't heard this NPR interview, it's brilliant. The nuts and bolts of how they work us.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)7. Thanks!!! n/t
mahina
(17,715 posts)8. You bet. Please share widely. I don't recall who posted it but every American voter should hear it