The CSIRO has been accused of allowing BP to vet its research regarding the catastrophic Deepwater Horizon oil spill via “ghostwriting” and “ghost management” of scientific reports used by the oil giant to defend itself against lawsuits, according to a US law firm.
In the letter sent by the Downs Law Group to the CSIRO chief executive Dr Doug Hilton, lawyer Jason Clark writes that as part of his firm’s legal action against BP it has secured internal BP documents that “appear to demonstrate BP’s manipulation of the science” via what it calls “ghostwriting” and “ghost management” of reports.
“Within at least one of these documents, we have identified nine studies with CSIRO employees listed as either the primary or co-authors – wherein BP’s involvement was either undisclosed or insufficiently disclosed,” Clark wrote to the CSIRO chief.“What was never disclosed was the apparent involvement of BP’s attorneys in the review and approval of these studies.
In an interview with this masthead, Clark said it was a mystery to his firm why BP’s lawyers were allowed to vet research by CSIRO.In a statement, the CSIRO confirmed it had been contacted by a US legal firm regarding research publications that include CSIRO authors relating to the Mississippi Canyon in the Gulf of Mexico, the location of the Deepwater Horizon spill.
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