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Another high-profile figure has taken a stand against the institution’s perceived conflict of interest
Mar 10, 2021 @ 11:26
Pressure is mounting on the Science Museum to cut ties with oil giants BP and Equinor as comedian Robin Ince became the latest to turn his back on its climate event.
Ince, the presenter of BBC R4’s
The Infinite Monkey Cage, was due to chair a panel on greenhouse gas removal at the South Kensington museum this month, as part of a series of talks ahead of the UN climate summit later this year.
On Monday, he announced he was pulling out over the museum’s continuing polluting ties – just weeks after environmentalists George Monbiot and Mark Lynas also stepped down over the museum’s oil sponsorship.