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Correction to print edition: Imperial and arms companies

This week's front page mistakenly stated that 'students, staff and members of the public protested Imperial's funding of arms companies on Wednesday'.

Imperial is not funding arms companies, but it has received funding from them, and has research relationships with them. There is no indication it has broken the law in these relationships. The error has been corrected in the PDF version of the paper, but appeared in print.

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9th Feb 2024

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College Fossil Fuel partners explore options in Venezuela

Since the removal of Venezuela’s autocratic leader, Nicolas Maduro, by an American task force in January, President Donald Trump has vociferously called for oil companies to rekindle their commercial ties with the embattled petrostate. Although many have been reluctant to “take the oil”, baulking at high upfront investments to

By Guillaume Felix
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Lobbying by Stove Industry undermines Council Public Health Campaigns and Housing Plans

An investigation published by The BMJ in March reveals councils in England face legal pressure from the Stove Industry Association (SIA) as public health campaigns urge homeowners to limit the use of wood-burners. Findings from freedom of information requests, sent to local authority areas identified as having the highest density

By Ushika Kidd