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MIT
Corporation
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Charles Harvey
MIT Professor, Carbon Capture Expert
Lone voice speaking out against carbon
capture.
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How is MIT broken? Let me count the ways.

“…MIT hopes through [Skoltech] to
help plant the seeds of an innovation
ecosystem in Russia that will benefit
the participating institutions—and
the rest of the world.”
— Rafael Reif —
A decade of lying to MIT students
4

2012
APRIL
Maria Zuber
appointed by
Schlumberger
director Rafael Reif
to sabotage MIT
Climate Action Plan.
2012
NOVEMBER
Zuber publishes
“Solutions” plan,
eliminating all
references to
climate change and
fossil fuels.
2021
JANUARY
Zuber and Kerry
bring “All of the
Above” climate
action plan to Biden
White House.
Ed Carlevale | LinkedIn | July 26, 2022

How can you judge
the cruelty of an
Environmental
Research Plan?
Read the plan that it replaced.

YEAR CASH STOCKS COMPENSATION
2007 $52,500 $147,660 $200,160
2008 $97,500 $201,100 $298,600
2009 $120,000 $110,228 $241,793
2010 $120,000 $160,695 $280,695
2011 $127,500 $197,528 $325,028
2012 $130,000 $166,815 $296,815
2013 $130,000 $167,468 $297,468
2014 $130,000 $228,488 $376,280
2015 $130,000 $212,873 $355,879
2016 $137,500 $178,650 $316,150
2017 $137,500 $178,650 $280,695
2018 $158,700 $189,980 $325,028
2019 $155,000 $184,180 $357,265
2020 $116,250 $177,912 $294,162
2021 $116,250 $177,912 $294,162
Total $1,858,700 $2,680,139 $4,540,180
Reif earned $4.5 million in the 15 years
that he served as a Schlumberger director.
New rule. If a fossil fuel company pays you $4.5 million, you are a fossil fuel employee.

New York Times Op-Ed
Too Little, Too Late
How MIT became a for-profit Corporation
serving the fossil fuel industry.
Report to the FBI — Ed Carlevale — May 31, 2022

You will never understand the cruelty
of MIT’s environmental initiative until
you understand what was removed.
Every safeguard for the most vulnerable people on the
planet was deleted. You come face-to-face with first
world evil when you truly understand the before and
after, and the silence of those who know the significance
of what was removed.

Frontline’s 3-part documentary, “The
Power of Big Oil,” clearly shows Moniz
lying about methane leaks, bullying
colleagues about publishing the truth, and
pushing shale gas as “natural” gas to
support the fossil fuel industry.
Who speaks out against his behavior?
Ernest Moniz
Founding Director, MIT Energy Initiative
How is MIT broken? Let me count the ways. 1

“The Institute is now moving
forward on a new set of
ambitious goals and… a
significant new fundraising
campaign.”
President Susan Hockfield
Letter to the Community: Looking to the Future
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Susan Hockfield
Former MIT President
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Outline for Engagement
The overarching question driving GEI is: How can we enable human
development that is sustainable? In response the Environmental
Research Council (ERC) has focused on six of humanity’s most
pressing environmental challenges.
• Global Climate Change: Greenhouse gas emissions affect
Earth’s chemistry, climate, weather patterns and ocean circulation
in ways we are only beginning to understand. Global climate
change threatens major disruptions to terrestrial and aquatic
ecosystems, as well as human societies. What are the plausible
trajectories of the global climate system, and what are the risks
and uncertainties associated with each path? How can we better
communicate those risks? And how can human societies both
mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change?
• Health of the Oceans: Overfishing, coastal runoff, habitat
disruption, and acidification due to increasing concentrations of
atmospheric carbon dioxide have markedly changed the world’s
oceans. Although oceans play a significant role in the climate
system and provide vital ecological services, they are poorly
understood and ineffectively governed. How have human
activities affected the coastal zones and open ocean? How can
we reduce our impact on the oceans through better
management of coastal development, fishing, and other human
activities?
• Fresh Water Supply: We are rapidly depleting and degrading
our vital fresh water supplies due to unsustainable practices—
inefficient irrigation, water-intensive lifestyles and landscaping,
groundwater use exceeding replenishment, contamination—and
the simple reality of population growth. Already, some one billion
people lack reliable access to water, while two billion have
inadequate sanitation. How does water circulate through the
Earth system, and how are these cycles impacted by climate
change? How can we better design households, landscapes,
patterns of development and use, agricultural practices and
industrial processes to conserve water? What clean water
technologies can be developed and implemented effectively?
• Resilience of Ecosystems: Ecosystems around the world are
under pressure from harvesting, fragmentation, and changes in
the water and biogeochemical cycles that sustain them. Many
have already experienced major changes, and their future
viability is uncertain. What attributes of ecosystems are most
critical to their stability? How does biological diversity enhance
ecological resilience in the face of natural and human-caused
disturbances? How can we properly value ecosystem services so
that they remain available to future generations?
• Environmental Contamination: Synthetic chemical compounds
are becoming ubiquitous in the environment and are
accumulating rapidly. Contamination threatens to have both
acute and chronic effects on human health and the environment,
but those impacts remain poorly understood. What are the
chronic and acute effects of exposure to different kinds of
contaminants? How can we design chemicals, pharmaceuticals,
materials, genetically-modified organisms, and production
processes that are benign- by-design? And how can we mitigate
the damage from harmful products already in circulation?
• Sustainability of Societies: With global population and per
capita consumption rising, the strain on Earth’s natural systems
can only increase. Meanwhile the world is urbanizing, presenting
both challenges and opportunities for societies to become more
sustainable. How can developing countries urbanize without
exacerbating local and global environmental problems? Can
restructuring of industries and markets, adjustments to supply
chains, and the adoption of new production practices lead to
improved corporate financial and environmental performance?
Can we discover design features in natural ecosystems to help
guide us toward sustainable human societies?
These, together with many other potentially dire and daunting
environmental issues, define a vast problem space for environmental
research. But while these challenges are enormous and pressing, so
are the opportunities to confront them. Indeed, our scientific,
technological and social capacities to examine, understand and
modulate our effects on the environment are accelerating apace.
These include, for example:
•

Introduction
In October 2011, MIT signed a $300 million
agreement with Russia to develop a fracking
research center in Moscow, the Skolkovo
Institute of Science and Technology.
I am going to hear from African ministers firsthand about
their key priorities and concerns, including in relation to
adaptation and finance.
And we will have much more to say about adaptation and
the United States’ work to support it.
Now, let me turn to the incredibly
important issue of finance.
First, we remain strongly committed to the goal of
mobilizing $100 billion annually for developing country
mitigation and adaptation. President Biden has requested
$11 billion for climate finance in his budget request to
Congress for the next fiscal year. The United States will do
our part to meet the $100 billion goal.
Second, we need to work with governments and the
private sector to mobilize trillions of dollars to accelerate
the net-zero transition as well as to advance climate
resilience. It is going to take all of us, and that is why I am
happy to be here in Egypt today, as you exercise your
global leadership to bring together investors, multilateral
development banks, philanthropists, and government to
take bold action.
Here’s the bottom line: the IEA tells us we need to invest $4
trillion, every year, in this transition. No government on
earth can fully fund that level of investment – we can only
get there with the full participation of the private sector.
In 2021, only about $755 billion was invested globally in
the energy transition; that was a record, but only one-third
of what we need to meet our 2030 goals.
We need public dollars and development finance to
catalyze private investment in clean and climate resilient
technologies.
Our Egyptian hosts are developing a new model to do just
that. Through their “Country Platform for NWFE Program,”
Egypt is identifying priority climate investment areas and
working with partners to develop bankable programs. In
total, this has the potential to attract billions in investments

can educate. With the recent
introduction of MITx, we are changing
the conversation around affordability,
access and excellence in higher
education. Through last year’s
celebration of MIT’s Sesquicentennial,
our community emerged reenergized
and refocused on our mission of service
to the nation and the world. And we
achieved all this and more while
steering the Institute through the worst
global financial crisis since the Great
Depression.
The momentum of all that we have
accomplished has tempted me to stay
on to see our many efforts bear their full
fruit. But to support our ambitious goals
for the future, MIT has begun the crucial
work of planning for a significant new
fundraising campaign. A campaign on
this scale will require the full focus and
sustained attention of the Institute’s
president over many years. I have
concluded that it would be best for the
Institute to begin this next chapter with
new leadership.
Presidential searches generally take
time; I will serve until my successor is
Some introductory remarks

S E M I N A R A N N O U N C E M E N T
The MIT-Russia Skoltech Institute presents:
THE AGE OF OIL:
Stepping into the Future
Aug 25, 2022, 6:30 PM | Nature Center, Zaryadye Park
“We are running out of oil!” We keep seeing these worrisome
headlines every day. Indeed, production of conventional energy
sources is an ever-greater technological challenge, and even
renewable energy sources rely too much on fossil fuels to
become a new reality in energy.
In recent years, the oil industry has shifted focus to the
microworld with its hard-to-recover oil reserves. The tiniest
objects and the slightest details have a marked effect on a
major industry, such as oil production. Today, reservoir
processes are studied using digital core modeling and
microfluidics research, the most advanced tools that help
thoroughly investigate the properties of complex objects and
answer the pivotal questions: Where are hydrocarbon reserves
concentrated? How many of them can potentially be recovered
in the most efficient and cost-effective way?
Nikita Artyomov, an expert at the Skoltech Center for Petroleum
Science and Engineering, graduated from the Department of Oil and
Gas Geology and Geophysics at Gubkin Russian State University of
Oil and Gas. Nikita focuses on the applications of advanced rock
research methods and the modeling and selection of technological
solutions for enhanced oil recovery. Prior to joining Skoltech, he
directed the oil and gas division at a Russian provider of advanced
laboratory services and established Russia’s first specialized
laboratory, Digital Core. At Skoltech, he is developing the Digital Core
thrust by creating new approaches to the study of hard-to-recover
hydrocarbons, modeling complex multicomponent hydrodynamic
systems, and building new interdisciplinary teams. Nikita is a member
of the Society of Russian Experts on Subsoil Use.
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2007
Deutch nominates Reif as
Schlumberger Director.
2011
MIT signs agreements with
Russia to lead development of
Skolkovo 2015
Schlumberger settles
criminal lawsuit.
2010
ERC publishes report, given mandate to produce
final report.
2015
Fossil Free MIT begins protests
MIT Publishes a Plan for Action
Fossil Free MIT begins 166 day sit in
protest.
MIT faculty sign petition in support.
2012
ERC publishes report final report.
Disband when no engagement from administration.
2007 2008 2009 2011
2010 2
2006
2005
2004
February 16, 2012
Susan Hockfield
announces decision to
step down
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004 2011
2010
2009
2006
Deutch writes ‘manifest
destiny’ for fossil fuel
companies.
2010
Deutch and Reif bring Skolkovo
agreement to MIT.

The Mission
“We help scale innovative climate solutions, identify and share best practices, and help
inform top policy and decision makers in California and China—and beyond.”
Gerry Brown,
Penny and Mario
As the former governor of California and
the former Chair of the California Air
Resources Board, Gerry Brown and Mary
Nichols form a team that influences every
single aspect of climate action in California.
By default, their actions will be in support
of the private sector.
Washington Post | March 12, 2022
Putin’s pre-war moves against U.S. tech giants laid
groundwork for crackdown on free expression
Google and Apple blinked after threats from Russian agents.
By Greg Miller and Joseph Menn

Israel Ruiz
CEO, WEHO SYSTEMS
EXECUTIVE VP & TREASURER
Academic Council
“Academic Council has changed
significantly in form and function, with the
net effect of reducing the influence and
input of the faculty into MIT affairs.”
From “MIT: Where Now?”
by Leigh Royden and Rosalind Williams

Bipartisanship
Drought, Wildfires
For California, climate change is here.

Drought, Wildfires
In a month, the California wildfire season
will take off. Coping with it will test the
state and cities in a way they have never
been tested before. This will be the
unacknowledged battlefield for how
environmental justice plays out in
California, and for how climate action
plays out across America.
Drought, Wildfires
Drought, Wildfires

Debunking the myth of MIT
Penny and Mario
Backed with a $1.1bn gift from venture capitalist John Doerr, it will be Stanford’s first new
school in 70 years, and it will eventually swallow other Stanford centres financed with fossil
fuel money, such as the Natural Gas Institute.
Not the “solution”
More recently, the fossil fuel industry
realized that it could no longer support
climate denial while maintaining
credibility, so its denial strategy shifted
to framing itself as the solution to
climate change,”

The Mission
“We help scale innovative climate solutions, identify and share best practices,
and help inform top policy and decision makers in California and China—and
beyond.”
Gerry Brown,
Council on Foreign
Relations
As the former governor of California and the
former Chair of the California Air Resources
Board, Gerry Brown and Mary Nichols form
a team that influences every single aspect of
climate action in California.
By default, their actions will be in support of
the private sector.
Money-Laundering Climate Action
Spoiler Alert: Universities are in the Private Sector
The PDF
The pdf is an invoice. Academic experts believe it is a stage between research
and action. It is a wall between research and action.

City of
Boston
1. Distributions
Any Drupal distribution can be used
as a “distribution.”
This lifts the responsibility (and costs) of
maintenance and development off the
shoulders of other cities and towns.
City of
Brookline
City of
Fall River
City of
Amherst
City of
Boston
2. Modules
Any component of a website can be
saved as a “module” (app).
This allows for gradual improvement of each
individual piece of the overall program.
Volunteer
Program
Media Library Blog
Adaptation
Strategies
Young
Climate
Leaders
Drupal

Bipartisanship
Commentary
For California, climate
change is here.
In a month, the California wildfire season will
Timeline
change is here.
Damage Control
change is here.
Commentary
change is here.
take off. Coping with it will test the state and
cities in a way they have never been tested
before.
Timeline
change is here.
before.
Damage Control
change is here.
before.

The Department of State is designating
the SKOLKOVO INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY (SKOLTECH) pursuant
to Section 1(a)(i) of E.O. 14024 for operating
or having operated in the technology sector
of the Russian Federation economy.
Skoltech is a pioneer in cutting-edge technologies and
seeks to foster new technologies to address critical issues
facing the Russian Federation. As additional information,
for nearly a decade, Skoltech has had a close relationship
with Russia’s defense sector. Contributors to Skoltech’s
endowment include numerous sanctioned Russian weapon
development entities including JSC Tactical Missiles
Corporation, Uralvagonzavod (which makes Russian tanks),
JSC MIC Mashinostroyenia (which manufactures Russian
missiles), JSC United Aircraft Corporation (which
manufactures Russia’s combat aircraft), JSC Concern
Sozvezdie (which produces electronic warfare systems for
the Russian military), JSC Almaz-Antey (which manufactures
Russia’s surface-to-air missiles systems), and JSC
Corporation Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology
(which manufactures Russian missiles).
Over the course of the last decade, Skoltech has had
partnerships with numerous Russian defense enterprises –
including Uralvagonzavod, United Engine Corporation, and
United Aircraft Corporation – which have focused on
developing composite materials for tanks, engines for
ships, specialized materials for aircraft wings, and
innovations for defense-related helicopters. Skoltech has
also presented advanced robotics at the Russian Ministry of
Defense’s premier defense exhibition.
JSC Tactical Missiles
Missiles
JSC
United Aircraft
Corporation
Combat Aircraft, Tanks,
Ship engines, aircraft
wings, defense-
related
helicopters
JSC Concern Sozvezdie
electronic warfare systems
JSC United Aircraft
Corporation
Missiles
JSC Almaz-Antey
Surface-to-air
missiles systems

Challenging idea that
climate denial is the
primary obstacle to
climate action.
Climate denial is unquestionably a real thing.
But it is not the obstacle to climate action.
Challenging idea that climate denial is the primary
obstacle to climate action.
Challenging idea that climate
denial is the primary obstacle
to climate action.

EPA fleet of websites
EPA.gov
/newengland
Heat Pumps
Heat
Pumps

2011
Capital Planning and
Development
Ruiz oversees MIT’s $5.2B 2030
Capital Plan, including the
construction or renewal of more
than 2,000 residential units.
2013
Rezoning Kendall
Square.
Israel Ruiz leads the rezoning of
4.5M sq. ft. in Kendall Square to
develop a mixed-use innovation
and residential district.

can educate. With the recent
introduction of MITx, we are changing
the conversation around affordability,
access and excellence in higher
education. Through last year’s
celebration of MIT’s Sesquicentennial,
our community emerged reenergized
and refocused on our mission of service
to the nation and the world. And we
achieved all this and more while
steering the Institute through the worst
global financial crisis since the Great
Depression.
The momentum of all that we have
accomplished has tempted me to stay
on to see our many efforts bear their full
fruit. But to support our ambitious goals
for the future, MIT has begun the crucial
work of planning for a significant new
fundraising campaign. A campaign on
this scale will require the full focus and
sustained attention of the Institute’s
president over many years. I have
concluded that it would be best for the
Institute to begin this next chapter with
new leadership.

How a 60-year partnership led to the development of a fracking research
center in Russia. If Skoltech has been added to U.S. sanctions, why not
MIT?
Schlumberger & MIT • Slide 1/6

Drought, Wildfires

Schlumberger and MIT
From 1960 to 2021, 3 men represented Schlumberger’s interests at MIT.
Deutch and Reif were each paid $4.5 million over the 14 years that they
served on the Schlumberger board, and each resigned his position only
when forced to do so by Schlumberger’s mandatory retirement.
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Jerome Wiesner
Schlumberger director (1960-
John Deutch
Schlumberger director (1987-92,
1997-2007)
“Leo” Rafael Reif
Schlumberger director (2007-2021)

“The Institute is now moving forward on a new set of
ambitious goals, and I have concluded that the powerful
momentum we have built makes this an opportune
moment for a leadership transition.”

How’s this for a
horror story.
As the former governor of California
and the former Chair of the California
Air Resources Board, Gerry Brown and
The Mission
“We help scale innovative climate solutions, identify and share best practices, and
help inform top policy and decision makers in California and China—and beyond.”
Jerry Brown,
How’s this for a
horror story.
As the former governor of California
and the former Chair of the California
Air Resources Board, Gerry Brown and

Gazprom Neft and Schlumberger
sign technological co-operation
agreement (2011)
30 May 2011
Gazprom Neft and Schlumberger announce that they have
signed a technological co-operation agreement to increase
efficiency of hydrocarbon exploration and production at
Gazprom Neft's deposits, both in Russia and abroad. Following
the signing of the agreement, a coordination committee made
up of representatives from both companies has been formed.
The co-operation will allow Gazprom Neft to make more effective
choices with regard to the new technologies offered by
Schlumberger as well as expand opportunities for executive staff
training.
"Our joint efforts are aimed at establishing a productive business
relationship and adapting Schlumberger’s cutting edge
technology to Gazprom Neft's needs in order to achieve the best
results. This will lead to cutting development costs whilst
simultaneously increasing production by ensuring the
technological integration of Gazprom Neft’s current projects,
both in Russia and abroad", commented Boris Zilbermints,
Gazprom Neft's Deputy CEO for Exploration and Production.
Notes for editors
Schlumberger is one of the world’s leading suppliers of
technology to the oil and gas sector, which provides services
including: deposit prospecting and exploration, drilling and
measurement while drilling, assessment of reservoir
characteristics, well services, production control, information
technology and consulting. Schlumberger, which has a presence
in more than 80 countries, operates in every oil-producing
region in Russia and has 50 production sites, research and
ENERGY NEWS FEB. 11, 2014 / 7:20 AM
Gazprom Neft, Schlumberger target
Siberian shale
MOSCOW, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Russian energy company Gazprom
Neft said it signed an agreement with oilfield services company
Schlumberger to examine shale reserves in Western Siberia.
Both sides signed a framework agreement on technology
cooperation for shale oil reserve areas in the Khanty-Mansi
autonomous district in Western Siberia.
Gazprom Neft, the oil subsidiary of gas company Gazprom, said
Monday it was drawing on Schlumberger's experience to
develop "hard-to-extract" shale oil reserves.
Gazprom Neft offered no estimate of the reserve potential and
there was no statement from Schlumberger about the
agreement.
In January, a Russian joint venture between Shell and Gazprom
Neft, Salym Petroleum Development, announced it started a five-
well drilling program in Siberian shale.
In December, Russian energy company Rosneft, one of the
largest energy companies in the world, signed an agreement
with its Norwegian counterpart Statoil to explore the shale oil
potential in the Ural mountains of Russia.
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fracturing and horizontal drilling, two drilling technologies used
for shale reserves, has led to an oil and natural gas boom in
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Skolkovo Institute
Drought, Wildfires
For California, climate change is here.
In a month, the California wildfire season will take off. Coping with it will test the
state and cities in a way they have never been tested before. This will be the
unacknowledged battlefield for how environmental justice plays out in California,
and for how climate action plays out across America.
Drought, Wildfires
For California, climate change
is here.
been tested before.

Looking to the
Future
I write to share with you my decision to step
down from the presidency of MIT. Over the
past seven years, working together we have
accomplished far more than I set out to do.
The Institute is now moving forward on a new
set of ambitious goals, and I have concluded
that the powerful momentum we have built
makes this an opportune moment for a
leadership transition.
I came to MIT in December 2004 with a profound sense of the privilege
and the responsibility of the president’s role. But nothing could have
prepared me for this remarkable community of creative minds. Together,
we have made tremendous progress in dozens of ways, strengthening
MIT’s foundations and setting our sights for the future. We are designing
the policy, technology and education required to address the global need
for sustainable energy. We have accelerated MIT’s ability to synthesize the
strengths of science and engineering to fight disease and to invent new
powers of computation. We have expanded the Institute’s global
connections. We are charting a course to a new future for American
manufacturing. We have also built a framework for the future of our
campus and neighborhood, fortified the Institute’s financial structures,
strengthened MIT’s culture of inclusion and increased the number of
undergraduates we can educate. With the recent introduction of MITx, we
are changing the conversation around affordability, access and excellence
in higher education. Through last year’s celebration of MIT’s
Sesquicentennial, our community emerged reenergized and refocused on
our mission of service to the nation and the world. And we achieved all this
and more while steering the Institute through the worst global financial
crisis since the Great Depression.
“The Institute is now moving
forward on a new set of
ambitious goals, and I have
concluded that the powerful
momentum we have built
makes this an opportune
moment for a leadership
transition.”
Susan Hockfield

Letter to the Community: Looking to
the Future
I write to share with you my decision to step down
from the presidency of MIT. Over the past seven
years, working together we have accomplished far
more than I set out to do. The Institute is now
moving forward on a new set of ambitious goals,
and I have concluded that the powerful momentum
we have built makes this an opportune moment for
a leadership transition.
I came to MIT in December 2004 with a profound
sense of the privilege and the responsibility of the
president’s role. But nothing could have prepared
me for this remarkable community of creative minds.
Together, we have made tremendous progress in
dozens of ways, strengthening MIT’s foundations and
setting our sights for the future. We are designing
the policy, technology and education required to
address the global need for sustainable energy. We
have accelerated MIT’s ability to synthesize the
strengths of science and engineering to fight disease
and to invent new powers of computation. We have
expanded the Institute’s global connections. We are
charting a course to a new future for American
manufacturing. We have also built a framework for
the future of our campus and neighborhood,
fortified the Institute’s financial structures,
strengthened MIT’s culture of inclusion and
increased the number of undergraduates we can
educate. With the recent introduction of MITx, we are
changing the conversation around affordability,

I write to share with you my decision to step down from the
presidency of MIT. Over the past seven years, working
together we have accomplished far more than I set out to
do. The Institute is now moving forward on a new set of
ambitious goals, and I have concluded that the powerful
momentum we have built makes this an opportune
moment for a leadership transition.
I came to MIT in December 2004 with a profound sense of
the privilege and the responsibility of the president’s role…
The momentum of all that we have accomplished has
tempted me to stay on to see our many efforts bear their
full fruit. But to support our ambitious goals for the future,
MIT has begun the crucial work of planning for a significant
new fundraising campaign. A campaign on this scale will
require the full focus and sustained attention of the
Institute’s president over many years. I have concluded that
it would be best for the Institute to begin this next chapter
with new leadership.
Presidential searches generally take time; I will serve until
my successor is selected by the MIT Corporation and is
ready to assume the role. I look forward to continuing to be
a member of the MIT faculty…
Most sincerely,
Susan Hockfield
Office of the President

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And this is the text for
this sidebar comment on
this page.
April 17, 2012
To the members of the MIT community,
I am pleased to accept the final report of the Environmental Research
Council (ERC), Implementing the MIT Global Environment Initiative.
The report incorporates input received from a forum held December
15, 2011 that presented results of the draft report and the inputs from
a subsequent comment period. I thank the ERC and in particular its
Chair, Professor Dara Entekhabi, for producing a compelling vision of
MIT's role in advancing sustainability and in addressing pressing
environmental issues.
I commend the ERC for identifying strategic research themes that
transcend disciplinary boundaries and which integrate scientific
understanding, engineering solutions, and social research to
synthesize new approaches to the world's environmental challenges.
The report also describes a portfolio of current and new educational
offerings, including a new undergraduate minor in Environment and
Sustainability.
The video of the recent forum on Environmental Research can be
viewed at http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/erc and the final ERC
report can be accessed here. I have asked Professor John H. Lienhard
V and Professor Maria T. Zuber to co-lead a Global Environment
Initiative (GEI) planning group to prepare a proposal for execution for
consideration by the next administration. They will focus on plans for
resource development and coordination of potential future activities
across the Institute.
The pressures on vital environmental systems and questions about
their sustainability have profound implications for human welfare. The
goals outlined in the ERC report define important opportunities for
research and education on one of the most pressing challenges
facing humanity today.
Sincerely,
L. Rafael Reif, Provost
Maseeh Professor of Emerging Technology

Final Report of the Environmental Research Council
(ERC)
April 17, 2012
I am pleased to accept the final report of the Environmental
Research Council (ERC), Implementing the MIT Global
Environment Initiative. The report incorporates input received from
a forum held December 15, 2011 that presented results of the draft
report and the inputs from a subsequent comment period. I thank
the ERC and in particular its Chair, Professor Dara Entekhabi, for
producing a compelling vision of MIT's role in advancing
sustainability and in addressing pressing environmental issues.
I commend the ERC for identifying strategic research themes that
transcend disciplinary boundaries and which integrate scientific
understanding, engineering solutions, and social research to
synthesize new approaches to the world's environmental
challenges. The report also describes a portfolio of current and
new educational offerings, including a new undergraduate minor in
Environment and Sustainability.
The video of the recent forum on Environmental Research can be
viewed at http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/erc and the final ERC
report can be accessed here. I have asked Professor John H.
Lienhard V and Professor Maria T. Zuber to co-lead a Global
Environment Initiative (GEI) planning group to prepare a
proposal for execution for consideration by the next
administration. They will focus on plans for resource
development and coordination of potential future activities across
the Institute.
The pressures on vital environmental systems and questions about
their sustainability have profound implications for human welfare.
The goals outlined in the ERC report define important
opportunities for research and education on one of the most
pressing challenges facing humanity today.
Sincerely,
April 17, 2012
Rafael Reif’s extraordinary email to MIT
Community
With characteristic duplicity, he says he’s happy to accept an environmental plan
that MIT faculty spent 4 years developing.
But in fact, he’s disingenuously slipping in Maria Zuber to write the report that MIT’s fossil fuel sponsors
want. She delivers on November 12 and Reif, now President, appoints her as the Vice President of MIT
Research.

Letter to the Community:
Looking to the Future
I write to share with you my decision to
step down from the presidency of MIT.
Over the past seven years, working
together we have accomplished far
more than I set out to do. The Institute is
now moving forward on a new set of
ambitious goals, and I have concluded
that the powerful momentum we have
built makes this an opportune moment
for a leadership transition.
I came to MIT in December 2004 with a profound sense of the
privilege and the responsibility of the president’s role. But nothing
could have prepared me for this remarkable community of creative
minds. Together, we have made tremendous progress in dozens of
ways, strengthening MIT’s foundations and setting our sights for the
future. We are designing the policy, technology and education
required to address the global need for sustainable energy.

“The Institute is now
moving forward on a new
set of ambitious goals, and
I have concluded that the
powerful momentum we
have built makes this an
opportune moment for a
leadership transition.”
SUSAN HOCKFIELD

This section describes how divestment emerged as an issue on
our campus and why we have chosen not to divest.
The student-led group Fossil Free MIT has presented a petition
with around 3,400 community signatures, calling on MIT to
divest any holdings in a group of 200 fossil fuel companies
whose identified reserves, if burned, would send the global
climate over the 2°C limit that we highlighted in Section I. Their
goal, as we understand it from them, is to use the pressure of an
international movement of high-profile institutional divestment
to draw attention to the seriousness of the climate threat, and to
trigger action against it, by publicly stigmatizing the practices of
the fossil fuel industry.
We agree entirely on the seriousness and urgency of the climate
threat, and on the need for MIT to play a public leadership role.
However, after studying this question, we conclude that
divestment is incompatible with the strategy of engagement that
forms the heart of today’s plan. Serious action to confront
climate change demands intense collaboration across the
research community, industry and government; divestment
would thwart our ability to collaborate and to convene opposing
parties and inspire united action.
In our judgment, a symbolic public move to divest is not the
most effective way for MIT to drive progress on the climate
challenge, and pursuing it would interfere with the two
strategies MIT should pursue because of their promise for direct
progress: active engagement and bold convening.
As the plan we share today makes clear, we find that the best
way for MIT to accelerate action on the climate challenge—in
science, in technology, in policy and in the education of our
students—is active engagement with organizations of many
kinds. Rapid progress will depend on our collaborating with a
wide range of industry partners, from the most disruptive local
solar start-ups to fossil fuel giants that have mastered the
challenges of delivering energy to millions of households.
Furthermore, acceleration will depend on our ability to help
industry and government understand each other, on the road to
designing sound policy incentives. We also see a unique
opportunity for MIT to serve as a convener of widely different
voices and sectors—from activists to industry leaders—to help
shift the public dialogue on climate from deadlocked argument
to a constructive conversation about solving problems.
Some argue that it would be possible to take a symbolic stance
against greenhouse gas emissions by publicly divesting from
fossil fuel holdings, while also continuing to work with fossil fuel
companies in these many contexts. We disagree.
In our judgment, the deliberate public act of divestment would
entangle MIT in a movement whose core tactic is large-scale
public shaming. This would retard rather than encourage the
open collaboration and ability to hear new ideas that are central
to our research relationships, central to our ability to help
government and business think creatively together, and central
to our ability to convene and inform the thinking of those with
opposing views.
Throughout the last two years, the student leaders of Fossil Free
MIT have acted with great respect, in a spirit of candor and
collaboration. We believe that we should behave the same way
toward fossil fuel companies.
We are not naïve about the pernicious role of some segments of
the fossil fuel industry in creating the current policy deadlock.
We deplore the practice of “disinformation,” through which
some industry players and related groups have obstructed
public understanding of the problem of climate change. We are
engaged in candid conversations with industry allies, and we will
continue to advocate frankly with them as we all work together
for systemic solutions to climate change, including a price on
carbon; such a policy shift would change the incentives for us all
and make fossil fuel companies, a rich source of technical talent,
a central source of progress.
A tipping point
As with the protection of the ozone layer, well-crafted policies
can harness the creative forces of industry to serve the common
good. We judge that growing awareness of climate change may
be generating a tipping point in that policy dynamic now.
Witness the fact that in Paris last Friday, October 16, 2015, the
CEOs of ten of the world’s largest oil and gas companies
declared that their “shared ambition is for a 2°C future,” and
called for “an effective climate change agreement” at next
month’s 21
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The Question of Divestment
By L. Rafael Reif. | October 21, 2015

This section describes how divestment emerged as an issue on our
campus and why we have chosen not to divest.
The student-led group Fossil Free MIT has
presented a petition with around 3,400
community signatures, calling on MIT to divest
any holdings in a group of 200 fossil fuel
companies whose identified reserves, if burned,
would send the global climate over the 2°C limit
that we highlighted in Section I. Their goal, as we
understand it from them, is to use the pressure of
an international movement of high-profile
institutional divestment to draw attention to the
seriousness of the climate threat, and to trigger
action against it, by publicly stigmatizing the
practices of the fossil fuel industry.
We agree entirely on the seriousness and urgency
of the climate threat, and on the need for MIT to
play a public leadership role. However, after
studying this question, we conclude that
divestment is incompatible with the strategy of
engagement that forms the heart of today’s plan.
Serious action to confront climate change
demands intense collaboration across the
research community, industry and government;
divestment would thwart our ability to collaborate
and to convene opposing parties and inspire
united action.
In our judgment, a symbolic public move to divest
is not the most effective way for MIT to drive
progress on the climate challenge, and pursuing it
would interfere with the two strategies MIT should
pursue because of their promise for direct
progress: active engagement and bold
convening.
As the plan we share today makes clear, we find
that the best way for MIT to accelerate action on
the climate challenge—in science, in technology, in
policy and in the education of our students—is
active engagement with organizations of many
kinds. Rapid progress will depend on our
collaborating with a wide range of industry
partners, from the most disruptive local solar start-
ups to fossil fuel giants that have mastered the
challenges of delivering energy to millions of
households.
Furthermore, acceleration will depend on our
ability to help industry and government
understand each other, on the road to designing
sound policy incentives. We also see a unique
opportunity for MIT to serve as a convener of
widely different voices and sectors—from activists
to industry leaders—to help shift the public
dialogue on climate from deadlocked argument
to a constructive conversation about solving
problems.
Some argue that it would be possible to take a
symbolic stance against greenhouse gas
emissions by publicly divesting from fossil fuel
holdings, while also continuing to work with fossil
fuel companies in these many contexts. We
disagree.
In our judgment, the deliberate public act of
divestment would entangle MIT in a movement
whose core tactic is large-scale public shaming.
This would retard rather than encourage the open
collaboration and ability to hear new ideas that
are central to our research relationships, central to
our ability to help government and business think
creatively together, and central to our ability to
convene and inform the thinking of those with
opposing views.
Throughout the last two years, the student leaders
of Fossil Free MIT have acted with great respect, in
a spirit of candor and collaboration. We believe
that we should behave the same way toward fossil
fuel companies.
We are not naïve about the pernicious role of
some segments of the fossil fuel industry in
creating the current policy deadlock. We deplore
the practice of “disinformation,” through which
some industry players and related groups have
obstructed public understanding of the problem
of climate change. We are engaged in candid
conversations with industry allies, and we will
continue to advocate frankly with them as we all
work together for systemic solutions to climate
change, including a price on carbon; such a policy
shift would change the incentives for us all and
make fossil fuel companies, a rich source of
technical talent, a central source of progress.
A tipping point
As with the protection of the ozone layer, well-
crafted policies can harness the creative forces of
industry to serve the common good. We judge
that growing awareness of climate change may be
generating a tipping point in that policy dynamic
now. Witness the fact that in Paris last Friday,
October 16, 2015, the CEOs of ten of the world’s
largest oil and gas companies declared that their
“shared ambition is for a 2°C future,” and called
for “an effective climate change agreement” at
next month’s 21st session of the UN Conference
of Parties to the UN Framework on Climate
Change (COP21).
Six of those companies—BP, Eni, Saudi Aramco,
Shell, Statoil and Total—are members of MITEI. We
believe we have greater power to build on such
momentum not by distancing ourselves from
fossil fuel companies, but by bringing them closer
to us.
We have chosen different tactics than those in the
Fossil Free MIT petition. But our ultimate goal is
not different. The members of Fossil Free MIT and
the Climate Change Conversation Committee,
many of whom are personally engaged in
advancing leading-edge climate science and
renewable energy technologies, stimulated much
of the thinking that produced the coordinated
commitments in the plan we issue today. Above
all, they brought climate change to the top of
MIT’s institutional agenda by urging that MIT
assume a role of public leadership.
We step up to that challenge with this plan—and
with the tide of new ideas and energy we hope it
will unlock across the global community of MIT.
We hope everyone in our community—including
those who wish we had divested—will work with us
to help this vital effort succeed.
The Question of Divestment
By L. Rafael Reif. | October 21, 2015
“…the deliberate public act of divestment would entangle MIT in a movement whose core tactic is large-scale public shaming. …”
— Rafael Reif —
“The Question of Divestment” (2015)

Bipartisanship
This can be a headline
This is some text to get the ball rolling. And I can continuously
ad to it and see what that brings. And then take the whole thing
furtherThis is some text to get the ball rolling. And I can
continuously ad to it and see what that brings. And then take
the whole thing further. This is some text to get the ball rolling.
And I can continuously ad to it and see what that brings. And
then take the whole thing further.

2011
Capital
Planning and
Development
Ruiz oversees MIT’s
$5.2B 2030 Capital Plan,
including the
construction or renewal
of more than 2,000
residential units.
2013
Rezoning
Kendall Square.
Israel Ruiz leads the
rezoning of 4.5M sq. ft. in
Kendall Square to
develop a mixed-use
innovation and
residential district.
2017
The Engine
Launch
Ruiz helps create and
launch The Engine to
accelerate the market
impact of research in
areas of science and
technology.
2020
WoHo
launches
Ruiz raises $4.5 million
through The Engine to
launch WoHo
Systems.

U.S. ClHopepage panelsimate Envoy in Africa
Ernie Moniz lying about shale gas as
a “low carbon” bridge to the future.
The most extraordinary thing about the frontline
documentary, the Power of Big Oil, is that, a decade after
the fact, Ernie Moniz doubles down on the lies that he told
in 2011.
Deutch &Reif bring
“Skoltech deal to MIT.
Report to the FBI — Ed
Carlevale — May 31, 2022
How MIT became a
for-profit Corporation
serving the fossil fuel
industry.
Report to the FBI — Ed Carlevale —
May 31, 2022
Reif and Ruiz launch $5.2 billion Capital Plan
2011
APRIL
2011
APRIL
Wrong message, wrong mission, wrong man

US climate envoy John Kerry announced financial support
for an African Development Bank program to reduce
methane emissions in Africa.
September 15, 2022 at 7:00 AM EDT
The US will give the Abidjan-based lender $5 million for its Africa Climate Change Fund and an additional $5
million will come from the Global Methane Hub over the next three years, while $1.2 million will be sourced from
a number of other donors, the AfDB said in a statement on Thursday.

THE FIRST RULE OF RESEARCH AT MIT:
DO NO HARM TO FOSSIL FUELS

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the Amazing
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The momentum of all that we have accomplished has tempted me to stay on to
see our many efforts bear their full fruit. But to support our ambitious goals for
the future, MIT has begun the crucial work of planning for a significant new
fundraising campaign. A campaign on this scale will require the full focus and
sustained attention of the Institute’s president over many years. I have
concluded that it would be best for the Institute to begin this next chapter with
new leadership.
Presidential searches generally take time; I will serve until my successor is
selected by the MIT Corporation and is ready to assume the role. I look forward
to continuing to be a member of the MIT faculty.
The coming months will offer many opportunities to reflect on our work
together, but for now, let me simply thank the faculty, students, staff, alumni and
friends of MIT who have given of themselves to advance the mission of MIT.
While I expect new intellectual adventures ahead, nothing will compare
Most sincerely,
Susan Hockfield
Office of the President Room 3-208
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

“We believe that we should behave
[with great respect] toward fossil fuel
companies.”
MIT President Rafael Reif,
“The Question of Divestment”
A Plan for Action at MIT (2015)

POSTJUNE 27, 2020
Evaluating Dr. Maria Zuber’s Response to MIT
Divest’s Information Request
MIT Divest is grateful for Dr. Zuber’s response to the information request(link
is external) especially given the upheaval on campus this spring when
COVID-19 forced students, faculty, staff, researchers, and administrators off
campus. Dr. Zuber and her team have been busy in developing the
guidelines and scenarios to bring research back on campus, and MIT Divest is
appreciative of the work being done towards this goal.
MIT Divest has spent the last few weeks going over Dr. Zuber’s response to
the inquiry, and wanted to share thoughts regarding the answers that Dr.
Zuber provided. Although we are pleased that some partnerships with fossil
fuel companies have driven sustainability-oriented research, we are extremely
disappointed to see that MIT’s partnerships have not created important
change regarding climate policy and disinformation. It is clear that MIT has
not done well in holding fossil fuel companies accountable for their anti-
climate lobbying, greenwashing, climate disinformation campaigns, and
other climate policy mechanisms. At the end of the day, MIT Divest believes
that divestment holds these companies accountable and ensures that MIT, as
a leader in science and technology, does not stand complicit with the
behaviors of fossil fuel companies. MIT Divest’s response is as follows:
Part 1
MIT Divest asked for more information regarding the definition and goals of
engagement as outlined in the 2015 Climate Action Plan.
As an institute of higher education, we must critically and thoroughly review
the major tenets of the 2015 Climate Action Plan in order to pursue effective
methods for contributing to climate solutions. It is absolutely necessary to
look towards future solutions, but it is also important to understand the
successes and missteps of our previous attempts.
Regarding MIT’s engagement in policy and government, we recognize that
MIT is not equipped to engage in political lobbying at a large scale. As Dr.
Zuber indicates, our strengths as a university favor research and scientific
pursuits above political advocacy. However, this does not excuse us from
using these competencies selectively. The MIT Washington Office effectively
lobbies for research and university funding, as these issues are more directly
related to MIT’s activity. However, climate change is an issue that is pressing,
existential, and time-sensitive. This is agreed on by an overwhelming majority
of the scientific community, including many of MIT’s greatest climate
scientists. Our political activity must reflect the urgency of climate change,
and reject the politicization of the issue. We must advocate based on the

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Fossil Fuels
Deutch and Reif
Two longtime directors of the Schlumberger oil services
company (15 and 14 years, respectively).
When Susan Hockfield said “The Institute is moving forward,..” It turns out that it was
only John Deutch and Rafael Reif
Susan Hockfield
More Clarence Thomas than
Anita Hill, alas.
been tested before.

is here.
been tested before.
is here.
been tested before.
is here.
been tested before.
PANEL TITLE

Maria Zuber and John Kerry
THE INNOVATION HUB
Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
MIT develops fossil fuel
research center in
Moscow, focused on shale
and Arctic oil
development.
THE INNOVATION ORCHARD
The Engine
In a month, the California
wildfire season will take off.
Coping with it will test the
state and cities in a way
they have never been
THE INNOVATION PLAYBOOK
Maria Zuber Greenwashing Guide
In a month, the California
wildfire season will take off.
Coping with it will test the
state and cities in a way they
have never been tested
before. This will be the

April 17, 2012
I am pleased to accept the final report of the Environmental Research
Council (ERC), Implementing the MIT Global Environment Initiative.
The report incorporates input received from a forum held December 15,
2011 that presented results of the draft report and the inputs from a
subsequent comment period. I thank the ERC and in particular its Chair,
Professor Dara Entekhabi, for producing a compelling vision of MIT's role in
advancing sustainability and in addressing pressing environmental issues.
I commend the ERC for identifying strategic research themes that transcend
disciplinary boundaries and which integrate scientific understanding,
engineering solutions, and social research to synthesize new approaches to
the world's environmental challenges. The report also describes a portfolio
of current and new educational offerings, including a new undergraduate
minor in Environment and Sustainability.
The video of the recent forum on Environmental Research can be viewed
at http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/erc and the final ERC report can be
accessed here. I have asked Professor John H. Lienhard V and Professor
Maria T. Zuber to co-lead a Global Environment Initiative (GEI) planning
group to prepare a proposal for execution for consideration by the next
administration. They will focus on plans for resource development and
coordination of potential future activities across the Institute.
The pressures on vital environmental systems and questions about their
sustainability have profound implications for human welfare. The goals
outlined in the ERC report define important opportunities for research and
education on one of the most pressing challenges facing humanity today.
Sincerely,

Two trillion
barrels of shale.
And billions more in the Arctic.
“Innovation Hub”
Greenwashing

A “quiet revolution” in December 2012
At the December 2012 quarterly meeting of the
Corporation, a quiet revolution in MIT governance
took place. Unnoticed by nearly all faculty, this
changed the dynamic balance that had previously
existed between the Executive Committee and
MIT’s senior leadership. In a series of votes by the
Corporation, what had formerly been “Bylaws of
The Corporation” were renamed “Bylaws of MIT.”
Hundreds of changes were made to the Bylaws,
with the new Bylaws stating that “The members of
the Corporation constitute the government of
MIT.” These changes confirmed and extended the
purview of the Executive Committee: “The
Executive Committee shall have responsibility for
overseeing the general administration and
superintendence of all matters relating to the
Institute.”1
Most significantly, the Executive Committee would
no longer be chaired by the president of MIT, but
by the chair of the Corporation. This means de
facto that the Executive Committee is no longer
likely to be headed by someone with experience
as an academic leader. The lack of academic
experience now extends to the entire Executive
Committee where, at present, only one of the
seven term members has significant academic
leadership experience.
All these changes add up to a new relationship
between the university and the Corporation. In the
words of a Tech article at the time, “The
Corporation appears not to be styling itself as a
separate entity with oversight responsibility for
MIT, but rather implying that its oversight is part of
MIT itself.”2 One faculty member we talked with
commented that “It used to feel like MIT faculty
and senior leadership worked together to control
the Corporation. Now it feels like the Corporation
and senior leadership are joining forces to control
the faculty.”
(Continued next page)
“At the December 2012 quarterly meeting of the
Corporation, a quiet revolution in MIT governance
took place.”

UKRAINE-/RUSSIA-RELATED SANCTIONS
418. How does OFAC interpret the term "shale projects" with
respect to the prohibitions in Directive 4, now incorporated
into § 589.205 of the Ukraine-/Russia-Related Sanctions
Regulations (URSR)?
Answer
The term "shale projects," as defined in § 589.334 of the URSR,
includes projects that have the potential to produce oil from
resources located in shale formations as well as projects that have
the potential to produce oil from resources located in fine-grained
sedimentary rock formations including shale, limestone, dolomites,
sandstones, and clay.
Date Updated: April 29, 2022
Date Released
October 31, 2017

UKRAINE-/RUSSIA-RELATED
SANCTIONS
412. What do the prohibitions contained in
Directive 4 mean? What is the scope of prohibited
services?
Answer
Directive 4, as amended on October 31, 2017 in
accordance with CAATSA, imposes two prohibitions on
the provision, exportation, or reexportation of goods,
services (except for financial services), or technology
for certain activities involving persons subject to
Directive 4, their property, or their interests in property,
operating in the energy sector of the Russian
Federation.
First, Directive 4 prohibits the direct or indirect
provision, exportation, or reexportation of goods,
services (except for financial services), or technology in
support of exploration or production for deepwater,
Arctic offshore, or shale projects that have the potential
to produce oil in the Russian Federation, or in maritime
area claimed by the Russian Federation and extending
from its territory, and that involve any person
determined to be subject to Directive 4 or such
person’s property or interests in property.
Second, pursuant to section 223(d) of Title II of
CAATSA, Directive 4 further prohibits the direct or
indirect provision, exportation, or reexportation of
goods, services (except for financial services), or
technology in support of exploration or production for
deepwater, Arctic offshore, or shale projects that meet
all three of the following criteria: (1) the project was
initiated on or after January 29, 2018; (2) the project
has the potential to produce oil in any location; and (3)
any person determined to be subject to Directive 4 or
any earlier version thereof, including their property or
interests in property, either has a 33 percent or greater
ownership interest in the project or owns a majority of
the voting interests in the project.
The prohibitions on the exportation of services include,
for example, drilling services, geophysical services,
geological services, logistical services, management
services, modeling capabilities, and mapping
technologies. The prohibitions do not apply to the
provision of financial services, e.g., clearing
transactions or providing insurance related to such
activities.
When Directive 4 was implemented on September 12,
2014, OFAC contemporaneously issued General
License 2, which authorized for 14 days all services
and activities prohibited by Directive 4 that are
ordinarily incident and necessary to the wind down of
operations, contracts, or other agreements involving
persons determined to be subject to Directive 4. In
order to qualify under this General License, a
transaction must have (1) occurred prior to 12:01 a.m.
eastern daylight time on September 26, 2014, and (2)
been related to operations, contracts, or agreements
that were in effect prior to September 12, 2014.
General License 2 did not authorize any new provision,
exportation, or re-exportation of goods, services, or
technology except as needed to cease operations,
contracts, or other agreements involving affected
projects.
See section 746.5 of the Export Administration
Regulations (15 C.F.R. parts 730 through 774) for the
Department of Commerce’s related license requirement
on exports of certain goods for specified deepwater,
Arctic offshore, or shale projects.
Date Released
October 31, 2017

“The Institute is now mov
ambitious goals, an
powerful momentum
opportune moment

“The Institute is now moving forward on a new set of
ambitious goals, and I have concluded that the
powerful momentum we have built makes this an
opportune moment for a leadership transition.”

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