Greenpeace Stings Professors Who Produce Pro-Coal Research

In Greenpeace Sting, Professors Agree to Produce Research for Fossil Fuel Industry Without Disclosure

NEW EAGLE, PA - September 24: A plume of exhaust extends from the Mitchell Power Station, a coal-fired power plant built along the Monongahela River, 20 miles southwest of Pittsburgh. The plant, owned by FirstEnergy, will be 1 of 2 plants in the region to be shut down effecting 380 employees. The Evironmental Protection Agency and the Obama Administration have been taking major steps to get coal-fired power plants into compliance with clean air regulations. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

Greenpeace researchers posing as consultants for the fossil fuel industry got professors at Princeton and Penn State to agree to write papers for money but conceal the source.