• Berkeley's Pact With BP for Research Institute Gives Company Favorable Terms on Intellectual Property, Chronicle of Higher Eduction (Nov 15, 2007)
• UC Berkeley, BP finally sign contract for research project, SF Chronicle (Nov 15, 2007)
• UC Berkeley and BP Ink $500 Million Deal, Daily Cal (Nov 15, 2007)
• Oil Giant BP to Give $500 Million to UC Berkeley for Biofuels Research, Democracy Now (Nov 12, 2007)
• Groups Urge UC to Reject BP Deal, Daily Cal (Nov 6, 2007) 
• Opponents Ask UC Regents to Delay Signing BP Contract, SF Chronicle (Nov 3, 2007)
• Consumer Advocates Insist UC Regents Review $500 Million 'UC-BP' Deal, Earthtimes (Oct 31st, 2007)
• Signing of UC-BP Biofuel Pact is Imminent, Say Lab, UCB, Berkeley Daily Planet (Oct 30th, 2007)
• Observations on Biofuels, New Statesman (Oct 25th, 2007)
• BP, Under New Chief, to Pay a Big Settlement, New York Times (Oct. 25th, 2007)
  
• Blockade of D1 Oils - Anti-Agrofuels Demo, Indymedia UK (Oct 18th, 2007)
• Demonstrators Protest UC Berkeley Research Deal with BP, SF Chronicle (Oct. 5th, 2007) 
• Audio of our appearance, with EBI's projected chief of staff Chris Somerville and UCB prof. Tad Patzek, on KALW's City Visions (August 8, 2007)

• Audio of our appearance, with EBI's projected chief of staff Chris Somerville and UCB prof. Tad Patzek, on KALW's City Visions, August 8, 2007.
• Audio of our appearance on KPFT's Houston Indymedia News, June 15, 2007.
• Public comments at the UC Regents' meeting, May 17, 2007:
  Ignacio Chapela - Peter Ralph - Matthew Taylor - Jason Ahmadi.
  There are many other excellent comments on the full recording, including many on nuclear disarmament and workers' rights.
• Critics Denounce New Biofuel Partnership, a report aired on Free Speech Radio News, May 16, 2007
• Coverage of the BP-Berkeley controversy on Fox News' highest rated political program on cable (video; transcript), May 14, 2007
• Coverage of our May 8 rally, and the UN report on the KPFA Evening News, May 8, 2007
• Webcast of our forum on the UCB-BP deal and the public university, May 2, 2007: Part 1 - Part 2
• Webcast of our Biofuels forum, April 26, 2007.
• This TV clip includes a little video of our public theatrical performance, The Chancellor's New Job, April 19, 2007.
• Audio of the entire College of Natural Resources student forum on the BP issue, with CNR Dean Paul Ludden in attendance, April 16, 2007.
• Nigerian human rights activist Omoyele Sowore's comments on the proposed BP-Berkeley deal, at his talk on campus April 12, 2007.
• Audio of UC-facilitated forum on the EBI at UC Berkeley on March 19th, 2007.
• Audio of our appearance on KPFA's Morning Show, March 19, 2007.
• Audio of our appearance on KPFA's Against the Grain, March 14, 2007.
• Audio of our appearance on Hard Knock Radio, March 1, 2007.
• Youtube videos of our March 1st rally.

• UC Berkeley, BP Finally Sign Contract for Research Project (Thursday, November 15th, 2007)
• Opponents Ask UC Regents to Delay Signing BP Contract (Saturday, November 3rd, 2007)
• Demonstrators Protest UC Berkeley Research Deal with BP (Friday, October 5th, 2007) 
• Big Oil's Impact on Research is Debated (Sunday, July 15, 2007)
• Safeguarding Against Conflicts of Interest (Sunday, July 15, 2007)
• Big Lawrence Berkeley Lab biofuel project boosts Bay Area research status, SF Chronicle (Wednesday, June 27, 2007)
• Modern wildcatters see gushers of green: Researchers have high hopes that a tropical grass known as a 'superweed' will one day replace crude oil (Monday, June 11, 2007)
• UC students gain some access in BP deal (Wednesday, May 23, 2007)
• About 20 Cal graduates protest keynote speaker (Sunday, May 20, 2007)
• Protesting UC policies, students take to tree (Tuesday, April 24, 2007)
• Faculty speak on Cal-BP deal, editorial (Sunday, April 22, 2007). That's three Sunday editorials in the same month against the BP deal.
• UC, faculty reach deal on biofuels institute (Friday, April 20, 2007)
• Study Warns of Health Risk from Ethanol (Wednesday, April 18, 2007)
• Science for sale at UC Berkeley -- also known as 'UCBP' (Sunday, April 15, 2007)
• "Trust Us," say the physicists behind the EBI in this Op-Ed. "We know what's best for everyone." (Sunday, April 15, 2007)
• UC and the perils of partnerships, editorial (Sunday, April 1, 2007)
• UC faculty to join talks on big BP biofuels deal (Saturday, March 31, 2007)
• Professor Urges Social Priorities in BP Institute (Thursday, March 22, 2007)
• BP Plan Brings Warnings about Biofuel Technology (Sunday, March 11, 2007)
• UC Faculty Critical of BP Deal (Friday, March 9, 2007)
• Cal's Biofuel Deal Challenged on Campus (Thursday, March 8, 2007)
• Blueprint for New Cal Bioscience Institute (Tuesday, February 27, 2007)
• Cal's Deal with BP Moving Forward(Sunday, February 11, 2007)
• Big Oil Cautious about Clean-Energy Spending (Friday, February 9, 2007)
• Cal sees BP Deal as Landmark (Friday, February 2, 2007)
• Cal to be Hub for Study of Alternate Fuel (Thursday, February 1, 2007)

• UC/BP Pact Worries Critics, Concerns of Land and Legacy (Friday, November 23rd, 2007)
• UC Signs BP Contract, Research Already Underway (Friday, November 16th, 2007)
• Signing of UC-BP Biofuel Pact is Imminent, Say Lab, UCB (Tuesday, October 30th, 2007)
• UC Sets Sep. 11 Deadline for BP Fuel Project Lab Bids (Friday, August 17, 2007)
• Hearings Focus on UC-BP Deal, Computer Labs (Friday, August 3, 2007)
• Commentary: Will Berkeley Become a Company Town? (Friday, June 8, 2007)
• Governor Touts Berkeley Biofuel Programs (Tuesday, May 22, 2007)
• Editorial: Academic Freedom Changes its Shape (Tuesday, May 15, 2007)
• BP Project Impractical, Dangerous, Critics Charge (Tuesday, May 1, 2007)
• UC Student Senate Urges Caution on BP Contract (Friday, April 27, 2007)
• Berkeley Lab Seeks Funds for 2nd Biofuel Project (Friday, April 27, 2007)
• Editorial: It's Too Easy Acting Green, and Other Arias (Tuesday, April 24, 2007)
• UC Academic Senate Confirms BP Contract (Friday, April 20, 2007)
• Faculty Senate Nears Showdown Over UC-BP Pact (Tuesday, April 17, 2007)
• Deal Looks Familiar to Novartis Grant Reviewer (Tuesday, April 17, 2007)
• UC-BP Debate Reveals 'Two Cultures' Schism (Friday, April 13, 2007)
• Academic Senate Takes Up UC-BP Pact (Tuesday, April 10, 2007)
• Corporate-Academic Web Entangles UC-BP Proposal (Friday, March 23, 3007)
• Reich Warns of UC-BP Deal's Consequences (Tuesday, March 13, 2007)
• Lab Expansion Hearing Slated (Tuesday, March 13, 2997)
• Birgeneau: UC-BP Deal Criticism is 'Abhorrent' (Friday, March 9, 2007)
• Commentary: Profits Before Education in UC-BP Partnership (Friday, March 9, 2007)
• Editorial: Corporate Ties Could Hide GMO Risks (Friday, March 9, 2007)
• GMO Research Dominates BP-UC Partnership (Tuesday, March 6, 2007)
• Week of Arrests, Protests Challenges UC/BP Accord (Friday, March 2, 2007)
• Students Protest Controversial BP-Cal Accord (Tuesday, February 27, 2007)
• UC Academics Excluded from BP Contract vote (Friday, February 16, 2007)
• Commentary: BP/UC Deal Raises Concerns (Friday, February 16, 2007)
• News Analysis: UCs Biotech Benefactors (Tuesday, February 6, 2007)
• Questions Raised About $500 Million BP-UC Berkeley Alternative Energy Deal (Tuesday, February 6, 2007)

• Critics Say Deal Gives BP Too Much Power (Nov 26, 2007)
• Editorial: It's a Deal Breaker (Nov 16, 2007)
• UC Berkeley and BP Ink $500 Million Deal (Nov 15, 2007)
• Groups Urge UC to Reject BP Deal, Daily Cal (Nov 6, 2007)
• Biofuels Event Draws Protesters (Friday, October 5th, 2007)
• Supercapitalism, Part Two (Monday, October 1, 2007)
• Graduate Assembly to Hold BP Deal Discussion Tonight (Thursday, August 2, 2007)
• Officials Plan for Research as BP Contract Nears Completion (Monday, July 9, 2007)
• Biofuels Group Secures U.S. Grant (Thursday, June 28, 2007)
• Chancellor Makes 'Candid' Address to Staff at Yearly Reception (Monday, June 25, 2007)
• Student Leaders to Meet With Officials on BP Deal (Thursday, May 31, 2007)
• ASUC Affairs: A Gesture Too Late (Monday, May 7, 2007)
• ASUC Urges Postponement of BP Amoco Deal (Monday, April 30, 2007)
• Students Take to Tree Near Sather Gate in Protest Of Campus Policies (Monday, April 23, 2007)
• Academic Senate Calls for BP Deal Oversight (Friday, April 20, 2007)
• Forum Latest From Campus Opposition to Biofuels Deal (Tuesday, April 17, 2007)
• Graduate Assembly Resolution Proposes Checks on BP Deal Research (Friday, April 6, 2007)
• An Unstable Concoction of Interests, op-ed by Tadeuz Patzek (Friday, March 9, 2007)
• Panel Fields BP Deal Questions (Friday, March 9, 2007)
• BP Deal Critics: Campus Web Site Not Enough (Tuesday, March 6, 2007)
• Corn-Industrial Complex (Monday, March 5, 2007)
• Two Arrests in Protest Over Biofuels Deal (Friday, March 2, 2007)
• BP Needs Transparency (Friday, March 2, 2007)
• Plan Outlines BP Deal Research (Wednesday, February 28, 2007)
• Opposition to Campus Biofuels Deal With Energy Giant Holds Teach-In (Wednesday, February 28, 2007)
• Faculty Question Deal on Biofuels Research (Wednesday, February 21, 2007)
• Campus May Compete to Host Energy Institute (Wednesday, September 13, 2006)
• Study Targets Methane Conversion (Wednesday, September 27, 2000)

• Berkeley Pact Gives BP Favorable Terms, Chronicle of Higher Education, 15 Nov.
• Big oil's biomass play, Nature Biotechnology 25, 1201 - 1203 (2007)
• TV's Take on the Influence of Big Oil, Chronicle of Higher Education (Friday, September 28th, 2007)
• Birgeneau: A Modern Public University, Nature Materials (July, 2007)
• Alma Mater or Science, Inc? Nature Materials (July 2007)
• California Campuses Resist Industry Restrictions, Nature (July 26, 2007)
• Several Universities Are Among Major Partners on New Federal Biofuel Grants, Chronicle of Higher Education (Wednesday, June 27, 2007)
• Will the Current Biofuels Boom Go Bust?, Nature Biotechnology (May, 2007)
• The Big Deals in Biofuels, Chronicle of Higher Education (Friday, April 20, 2007)
• Faculty Skeptics Seek a Voice in Berkeley's Controversial Energy-Research Deal With BP, Chronicle of Higher Education (Thursday, April 5, 2007)
• Berkeley's Energy Deal with BP Sparks Unease, Nature (Thursday, February 15, 2007)
• Steven Chu: Steering a National Lab into the Light, Science (February 9, 2007)
• BP Bets Big on UC Berkeley for Novel Biofuels Center, Science (February 9, 2007)

• Stanford's Link to Exxon Raised on Prime Time, San Jose Mercury (September 28th, 2007)
• Bay Area Energized, Inside Bay Area, (July 20, 2007)
• Restrict Big Oil's effort to green-wash image through UC, San Jose Mercury News opinion page (Thursday, May 17, 2007)
• More questions than answers in BP-Berkeley deal, Roseville Press-Tribune (Friday, April 27, 2007)
• UC Berkeley Students Getting Organized, East Bay Area Independent Media Center (Thursday, April 26, 2007)
• Partial recording of UC Berkeley academic senate deliberation on proposed BP deal, SF Bay Area Independent Media Center (Tuesday, April 24, 2007)
• Rush of UC to Agreement with BP Undermines Shared Governance and Transparency by Prof. Anne Wagner, California Progress Report (Monday, April 23, 2007)
• Scrutinize UC Berkeley, Big Oil deal, The Salinas Californian (Monday, April 23, 2007)
• Still some questions about BP-Berkeley deal, Madera Tribune (Saturday, April 21, 2007)
• Faculty Panel Backs Biofuels Deal, Bay City Newswire (Friday, April 19, 2007)
• U.C. Berkeley's $500 Million Dollar Question, KGO-TV (Thursday, April 19, 2007)
• Faculty Endorses UC's BP Biofuels Deal, KCBS-AM (Thursday, April 19, 2007)
• Beyond BP, Sacramento Bee Editorial (Thursday, April 19, 2007)
• Don't Stifle Debate: Berkeley Must Not Compromise its Principles in Deal with BP, Fresno Bee Editorial (Thursday, April 19, 2007)
• An Unholy Alliance? The Impact of Oil Corporations on the Environment, Communities and Universities, op-ed by Jennifer Washburn, Sacramento Bee (Sunday, April 8, 2007)
• Stanford's deal with Exxon Mobil raised concerns, Sacramento Bee (Sunday, April 8, 2007)
• Big Oil Grants at Cal, Stanford Draw Criticism, CBS5 News (Tuesday, March 13, 2007)
• Consumer Group Attacks UC Berkeley for Ties to Big Oil, San Jose Mercury News (Tuesday, March 13, 2007)
• Donor to Stanford: No Big Oil, San Jose Mercury News (Sunday, March 11, 2007)
• UC Berkeley Defends Research Pact with Energy Giant, Contra Costa Times (Thursday, March 8, 2007)

• Blockade of D1 Oils - Anti-Agrofuels Demo, Indymedia UK (Oct 18th, 2007)
• BP, Under New Chief, to Pay a Big Settlement, New York Times (Oct. 25th, 2007)
• BP Funds $25m Coal Project at MIT, CNET (Sep. 25th, 2007)
• LLNL & BP sign coal deal (July 11, 2007)
• Big Oil's Big Stall on Ethanol, Businessweek (Wednesday, September 25th, 2007)
• BP-UCB Controversy featured on ABC's season premiere of Boston Legal (Sep. 25th, 2007)
• BP Funds $25m Coal Project at MIT, CNET (Sep. 25th, 2007)
• The Hidden Agenda Behind Bush's Biofuel Plan, Counterpunch (Monday, August 13, 2007)
• The Great Biofuel Fraud, Asia Times (Wednesday, August 1, 2007)
• Ethanol Scam: Ethanol Hurts the Environment and is One of America's Biggest Political Boondoggles, Rolling Stone (July 24, 2007)
• BP and LLNL Sign Technical Cooperation Agreement on Underground Coal Gasification, LLNL Press Release (July 11, 2007)
• Alternate-Fuel Hunt Gives Plant Biologist a Lift, Wall Street Journal (July 10, 2007)
• Bioenergy Centers Seen Advancing Cellulosic Ethanol as Fuel Alternative (July 2, 2007)
• For Many, Ethanol is Losing Steam as Biofuel of Choice, The Houston Chronicle (June 20, 2007)
• Can You Buy Freedom? Corporate Funding and Universities, The Nation (web) (Monday, June 18, 2007) (originally appeared in Wiretap)
• The Great Biofuel Hoax: Touted by Politicians and Industry, "Green" Energy Comes with a High Price Tag, The Indypendent (Friday, June 8, 2007)
• The Drive for Low Emissions, The Economist (June 2, 2007)
• Activists push safeguards to protect UC Berkeley in research deal with BP, Los Angeles Times (Thursday, May 17, 2007)
• Coverage of the BP-Berkeley controversy on Fox News' highest rated political program on cable (video; transcript) (Monday, May 14, 2007)
• BP Berkeley Venture Means Big Money, Big Controversy, Dow Jones Energy Service (Monday, May 14, 2007)
• A Fuel Gold Rush Fires Up, Wall Street Journal, (Saturday, May 12, 2007)
• Iain Boal, BPerkeley Inc.?, Mute Magazine (Wednesday, May 9, 2007)
• Mae-Wan Ho, The BP-Berkeley Energy BioScience Institute: Drama at World's End, Institute of Science in Society (Saturday, May 5, 2007)
• Newshour report (PBS) featuring Steven Chu, Ignacio Chapela, and Tad Patzek (Wednesday, May 2, 2007)
• Berkeley Students Raise Voices on BP Ties, The New Standard, NY (Friday, April 27, 2007)
• Greenwashing Fears Raised by Berkeley-BP Initiative, The New Standard, NY (Tuesday, April 24, 2007)
• Biofuel issues rekindle Berkeley's radical flame, New Scientist (Saturday, April 21, 2007)
• UC biofuels deal drawing opposition Los Angeles Times (Friday, April 20, 2007)
• Some Berkeley Faculty Question BP Deal, Associated Press (Friday, April 20, 2007)
• Biofuel Issues Rekindle Berkeley's Radical Flame, New Scientist (April 21, 2007)
• Berkeley Chancellor Mischaracterized Dealings With BP As "Open", Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (Thursday, April 12, 2007); accompanying an open letter to Chancellor Birgeneau (also April 12).
• Berkeley Chief Answers FTCR on BP, OilWatchdog (Tuesday, April 10, 2007)
• Vegetable Fallout From the New Manhattan Project: British Petroleum and the New Greenmail, Counterpunch (Tuesday, March 27, 2007)
• Big Oil Buys Berkeley, op-ed by Jennifer Washburn, Los Angeles Times (Saturday, March 24, 2007)
• Petroleum Giant Attempts to "Greenwash" its Image, Uprising, KPFK-FM (Wednesday, March 21, 2007)
• Big Oil, Big Row, The Guardian (UK) (Tuesday, March 20)
• Coverage in Turkey! Satılık etanol, satılık hayatlar..., Radikal (Sunday, March 18, 2007)
• Confronting BP: Biofuels and the Green Resistance, Counterpunch (Thursday, March 15, 2007)
• On a Bing and an Err, Daily Grist (Wednesday, March 14, 2007)
• In German! Widerstand gegen Forschungsallianz zwischen BP und der Berkeley University wächst, Financial Times of Germany's Silicon Valley Bloguette (Tuesday, March 13, 2007)
• Robert Reich on the UC Berkeley-BP Project, California Progress Report (Tuesday, March 13, 2007)
• BP's Deal with UC Berkeley Under Scrutiny, ABC7 News (Monday, March 12)
• Lucas J. Patzek and Tad W. Patzek, The Disastrous Local and Global Impacts of Tropical Biofuel Production, Energy Tribune (Tuesday, March 6, 2006)
• UC Berkeley Must Avoid Stanford Mistake That Allowed Big Oil "Greenwashing" — Stanford Should Make Its Research Public Immediately, Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights (Monday, March 12, 2007) (With accompanying letter to Berkeley and Chancellor Birgeneau's Reply - April 6, 2007)
• Oil Company's University Liason Raises Questions, Counterpunch (Thursday, February 8, 2007)

• Biofuels are not the Answer to Energy Crisis, Daily Cal (Tuesday, October 9th, 2007)
• For a Citizen Science, Le Monde (Friday, September 27th, 2007)
• UC-BP Research Project on Genetically Engineered Biofuels: A Hazardous Proposal (September 24, 207)
• Public Interest vs. Private Profit, Marin Independent Journal (July 28, 2007)
• Birgeneau: UC Deal Should Be Celebrated, Not Criticized, Sacramento Bee (April 29, 2007)
• Commentary: Time to Re-name the University, Berkeley Daily Planet (April 27, 2007)
• Letter to the Daily Planet from UCB's Office of Media Relations (Friday, April 20, 2007)
• If you've been reading the info on this site, then you'll know what's wrong with
Berkeley biofuels project is clean, a letter by Beth Burnside to the LA Times. (Tuesday, April 6, 2007)
• An Open Letter to Senator Barbara Boxer, Berkeley Daily Planet (Friday, March 30, 2007)
• Two letters in response to Jennifer Washburn's op-ed, Los Angeles Times (Thursday, March 29, 2007)
• Four letters to the Editor, Berkeley Daily Planet (Tuesday, March 13, 2007)
• UC Corruption, by Andrew Paul Gutierrez, Berkeley Daily Planet (Tuesday, February 13, 2007)

• Amidst Talk of UC-BP Signing, Students Demand Transparency and Halt to Negotiations, Nov 8.
• Trojan Horse Delivered to UC / BP Scientists at Biofuel and Energy Conference, Oct. 4
  UC Berkeley Students and Citizens Demonstrate to Stop Proposed Deal With Oil Company BP, Oct. 4
• Rally and March Against the UC-BP Biofuels Deal, May 8
• Press release reporting on our May 2 public forum
• UC Berkeley Student Senate Passes Resolution With Concerns And Demands For The BP Deal, April 26
• Announcing two public forums, Biofuels and the BP-UCB Deal: Implications and Alternatives, April 20
• UC Berkeley Campaign to Stop the Proposed Agreement with British Petroleum Launches Poster Campaign, April 16
• UC Berkeley Releases Missing Section Of BP Proposal Under Pressure From Student Campaign, April 12
• The press release about our comments at the UC Regents meeting in Los Angeles, March 15.
• The press release for our March 1st rally.
• The press release for our February 26th teach-in.

The chair of UC Berkeley's Academic Senate (the faculty assembly), William Drummond, has already released an official message defending the Senate's minority support for the proposed EBI, which we consider a sign of brewing discontent. He does not mention the external review commissioned by the University after the infamous 1998 deal between Berkeley and Novartis Corporation, which, according to Berkeley's own Public Affairs department, "emphasized the need for greater transparency in the university's dealings with private industry, noting that many of the objections to the agreement focused on the lack of input early in the negotiations." He also does not mention that most of the University's faculty were never notified of the proposal, its content, or the decision to enter into the agreement in the first place.

A public statement from UCB and a public statement from BP. In their own words, "the Institute will be unique in both its scale and its partnership between BP, academia and others in the private sector". We question why students, faculty, and the public would have so little say in such an "unprecedented" move for our public university.