BP executives reportedly helped shape influential “Wedges” climate paper

BP sponsored a Princeton research center to address climate change without getting off fossil fuels, ProPublica reports. The outlet says the center’s key paper, known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation. BP executives were deeply involved in shaping it: the authors discussed ideas with the company, exchanged drafts and welcomed extensive feedback—an arrangement ProPublica describes as a departure from academic norms.