Word: eepc
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Observers questioned the objectivity of the approximately $75,000 EEPC study at the time of its release because it was partially funded by independent oil companies who have a strong business stake in backing an oil import fee. (see related story...
Clyde H. Greenert, Union Carbide's director of public issues, said yesterday that his company had stopped funding the center because it disagreed with the study. "We decided to stop funding for a variety of reasons, certainly including the fact that [the EEPC] is a proponent of something that would be disastrous for our industry," Greenert said. "Because of this, we decided that it might not be the best place to put our money...
...EEPC officials said that the Energy Department, which they said has been strongly partisan under Reagan, cut the center's funding because the EEPC report directly challenged the DOE's findings...
Stelzer and other EEPC officials say the centerhas still not received any funding from the DOEsince the discussion with Martin last fall. Theysay the DOE has told them that the grants the EEPChad been receiving for the past six years stoppedbecause of a change in the procurement process...
According to EEPC officials, the Venezuelangovernment continued to give money to the centerafter the report's release even though it stronglydisagreed with the study's findings and suggestedthat it was biased