Word: eepc
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...stopped all its funding for thecenter--it had previously been the EEPC's largestdonor, giving between $100,000 $200,000 ayear--after the report was released. And UnionCarbide, which had donated $15,000 annually, alsocut off funding because it disagreed with thestudy's findings...
According to center officials, the Venezuelangovernment, which gives money to the EEPC and isagainst an oil tariff, "came out and said it was abiased study" although they did not withdraw theirmoney from the center...
...EEPC officials say they are forced to seekfunding for their research from companies who havea vested interest in the outcome, but that theyhave set up systems to safeguard againstunobjective results. They concede, though, thatcharges of bias will inevitably accompany theirresearch as it is released into the general policydebate because of the way they must raise money...
...EEPC Executive Director Henry Lee says that allthe center can do is "try to minimize theappearance of being able to be influenced by whoyou get the funding from." But, he says, "you'restill going to get accused...
...other center officials say thatthey face a double-edged dilemma with the type ofpublic policy research the EEPC conducts: whilecritics blast the objectivity of research becauseof who funded it, others refuse to give moneyafter research findings are published...