Protesters Denounce Berkeley’s Relationship With BP

Activists, including some faculty members, protested a partnership with BP and the University of California at Berkeley on Friday, the Associated Press reported. The oil company gave the university $500-million three years ago to establish the Energy Biosciences Institute, which seeks alternative fuel sources. The protesters poured chocolate syrup—to represent oil—near the construction site of a building that will house the the institute, a joint partnership with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of Illinois. Berkeley officials said they had no intention of ending the partnership, and institute officials say BP does not influence EBI scientists’ work.