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Columbia committee recommends against banning research funding from fossil fuel companies

The committee on research funding from fossil fuel companies released a report Thursday calling for the University to make its research funding portfolio more transparent.

By Jackson Dilks / Deputy Photo Editor

The committee wrote in the Thursday report that procedures on the selection of funding sources and development of collaborative research relationships are “essential to academic freedom.”

By Pedro Meerbaum • June 23, 2026 at 2:15 PM

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