There has been a tremendous amount of media coverage of the letter our museum just released. Dozens of top scientists are calling on museums of science and natural history to cut all ties to the fossil fuel industry. This has blown open a timely and important conversation about ethics, philanthropy, and the fossil fuel divestment movement. Below is a running list of press articles that we will continue to update.

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Democracy Now! TV segment

March 24th, 2015

The New York Times, Science Museums Urged to Cut Ties With Kochs

The Guardian, US museums asked to sever ties with fossil fuel industry

The Washington Post (1st story), Scientists to Smithsonian: Cut ties with Koch brothers

The Washington Post (2nd story), A fight at the museum: When fossil fuels fuel fossils

The Hill, Scientists to Smithsonian: Cut Koch ties

MSNBC, Scientists Demand Museums Cut Ties to Koch Brothers

VICE, Leading Scientists Tell Nations Museums to Sever Ties with the Koch Brothers and Other Fossil Fuel Interests

Hyperallergic, Scientists Ask Natural History Museums to Cut Ties with David Koch

WNYC News, Natural History Museum Urged to Cut Ties with David Koch

The Brian Lehrer Show, WNYC: http://www.wnyc.org/story/the-brian-lehrer-show-2015-03-24/ (12:00 mins)

National Journal, Scientists Tell Smithsonian to Ditch Koch Money

Bloomberg Politics, Scientists Urge Museums to Sever Koch Ties

Inside Higher ED, Scientists Urge Museums to Cut Ties to Koch Funds

National Geographic ScienceBlogs, Science Museums: Cut Ties to Big Carbon, Kick Out The Kochs!

The Scientist, Scientists Urge Museums to Cut Koch Ties

The Huffington Post, Scientists Call On Smithsonian And Other Museums To Reject Fossil Fuel Funding

Center for the Future of Museums (American Alliance of Museums), What Do Ethical Consumers Expect of Museums?

The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Green Groups Call on Science Museums to Cut Koch Ties

Salon, Scientists to museums: Stop taking money from climate deniers!

Inside Climate News (1st story), Science Museums Urged to Cut Ties With Fossil Fuel Donors

Inside Climate News (2nd story), Groups Want David Koch Unseated From Smithsonian, AMNH Boards

Climate Wire, Advocacy: Climate scientists urge museums to stop accepting money from fossil fuel interests

ZME Science, Science Museums asked to break ties with Koch Brothers

Tech Times, Science Museums Being Urged to Burn Bridges with Fossil Fuel Industry

EcoWatch, Renowned Scientists Urge Museums to Drop Climate-Denier Donors, BP Dumps ALEC

NewsMax, Scientists Want David Koch Kicked Off Museum Boards

The Daily Beast, Scientists Ask Museums to Nix Kochs

The American Register, Science museums are urged to cut ties with fossil fuel companies

Government Executive, Scientists, Environmentalists, Tell Smithsonian to Ditch Koch Money

Science Recorder, Scientists want museums to cut their ties with David Koch

NY City News, Climate Scientists and Cultural Figures want David Koch Unseated from Smithsonian

The Pop Tort, From Dinosaurs to the First Amendment: Corporations Co-opt Completely

Climate Change Dispatch, Environmentalists Go After Science Museums For Accepting ‘Tainted’ Money

The Pop Tort, From Dinosaurs to the First Amendment, Corporations Co-Opt Completely

Examiner, Environmentalists Go After Science Museums for Accepting ‘Tainted’ Money

NewsMax, Scientists Want David Koch Kicked Off Museum Boards

UPI: Scientists Call on museums to cut ties with Koch brothers

Perogative of Harlots (Chris Norris), More Hot Air

The Examiner, Environmentalists go after science museums for accepting ‘tainted’ money

Greenpeace Blogs, Keep Climate Deniers Out of Science

MSNBC, Scientists demand museums ‘cut ties’ with Koch brothers

Brian Lehrer Show, Eva Moskowitz; The Nation Magazine; Instability in Yemen; Science of Hedonism (@ minute 12:00)

Tech Times, Bridges to Fossil Fuel Industry

The Scientist, Scientists Urge Museums to Cut Koch Ties

ARTFIX Daily, Scientists Call for David Koch’s Museum Board Resignations

The Washington Post, A fight at the museum: When fossil fuels fuel fossils

NEWSY, Scientists Urge Museums To Cut Ties With David Koch

Government Executive, Scientists, Environmentalists Tell Smithsonian to Ditch Koch Money

Fort Worth Weekly, America For Sale

Daily Kos, Get this: science denier David Koch sits on boards of America’s science museums. Let’s kick him off!

March 25th, 2015

The Dallas Morning News, Scientists Urge Museums to Cut Ties With Oil and Gas Industry

Forbes, Scientists Urge Museums to Cut Ties With Koch Brother

LA Times, Reject David Koch money, scientists and museum officials’ letter urges

National Monitor, Scientists demand that Smithsonian, museums reject funding from conservative fossil fuel interests

Artnet News, Scientists Tell Natural History Museums to Shun Major Donor and Climate Change-Denier David Koch

Art News, Scientists Petition to have David Koch Removed from Natural History Museum Boards

Art Fix Daily, Scientists Call for David Koch’s Museum Board Resignations

HNGN, Climate Change Denial: Scientists are Urging Museums to ‘Cut All Ties’ with the Koch Brothers

Gaia Gazette, Science Museums: Cut Ties to Big Carbon, Kick Out The Kochs!

Democracy Now, Top Museums Urged to Drop Ties with Fossil Fuel Industry Funders (@ 8:32)

AllGov, Has the Smithsonian Sold Itself to David Koch?

New Hampshire Voice, Scientists Call on Museums to Cut Ties With Koch Brothers

Climate Progress, Dozens of Scientists Urge Museums To Stop Taking Fossil Fuel And Koch Money

Uncover Michigan, Environmental Groups and Scientists urge Museums Not To Accept Donations from Koch Brothers

Ring of Fire Radio, Scientists Tell Smithsonian to Cut all Ties with Koch Brothers, Fossil Fuel Industry

RYOT, Koch Problem: Scientists Want Lobbyist Booted From Smithsonian Board

Guardian Liberty Voice, Museums Asked to Consider Donors’ Politics

Fort Worth Weekly, America For Sale

Forbes, Scientists Urge Museums to Cut Ties With Koch Brothers

Oro Negro, Activists demand that oil magnate not invest in museums

 

March 26, 2015

Philanthropy News Digest, Science Museums Urged to Cut Ties With Fossil Fuel Interests

Democracy Now, Why Is Climate Denier David Koch on the Board of Top Science Museums? Letter Urges Cutting of Ties

EcoWatch, Why Is Climate Denier David Koch on Board of Nation’s Leading Natural History Museums?

FreeSpeech.org, Scientists Tell Smithsonian to Cut Ties with Koch Brothers, Fossil Fuel Industry

Daily Times Gazette, Museums to End Partnership with Koch Brother

Reporter Advocate, Koch Brothers Targeted by a Band of Scientists for their Fossil Fuel-driven Industries

News Everyday, “Cut Ties with Koch Brothers, Fossil Fuel Industry” Scientists Address Letters to Various Museums

Times Daily Gazette, Museums to end partnership with Koch Brother

CBC Edmonton, Should museums and science centres be sponsored by oil industry?

ExhibiTricks: A Museum/Exhibit/Design Blog, Why Don’t Museums Like To Talk About Money?

EcoWatch, Why Is Climate Denier David Koch on Board of Nation’s Leading Natural History Museum?

US Social Forum, Why Is Climate Denier David Koch on the Board of Top Science Museums? Letter Urges Cutting of Ties

Down with Tyranny, “Why are science museums in bed with science deniers?” (actor-activist Mark Ruffalo)

Maine News Online, Scientists in an Open Letter Ask Museums to Cut Ties With David Koch

 

March 27, 2015

Truth-Out.org, Why Is Climate Denier David Koch on the Board of Top Science Museums?

El Confidencial, Varios Premios Nobel Quieren Al Rey Del Petroleo Fu Los Museos

 

March 30, 2015

Liberation News, Open Letter to Museums from Scientists Opens Divestment Campaign

 

April 3, 2015

Inside Philanthropy, Is Koch Money Becoming Radioactive? Maybe Judging by Museum Fight

 

April 4, 2015

Digital Journal, Should Museums Have Ties to Fossil Fuel Companies?

 

April 6, 2015

Robert Reich’s blog, The Big Chill: How Big Money is Buying Off Criticism of Big Money

 

April 8, 2015

Christian Science Monitor, How the Kochs and the super rich are buying their way out of criticism

Salon, The Rich Have Bought American’s Silence

Bill Moyers, How big money is buying off criticism of big money

 

April 10, 2015

Salon, Here’s how we defeat the science deniers: Even wingnuts learn that reality is good business

WHAV, Hightower, Help Oust Koch’s Junk Science from Public Science Museums

Austin Chronicle, Climate Change Denialism Comes for Natural History Museums