Scientists are calling for an end to the controversial relationship between the Kochs and the world-renowned science museums they have a hand in funding, including the American Museum of Natural History and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.

In an open letter, the scientists wrote:

We are concerned that the integrity of these institutions is compromised by association with special interests who obfuscate climate science, fight environmental regulation, oppose clean energy legislation, and seek to ease limits on industrial pollution.

When some of the biggest contributors to climate change and funders of misinformation on climate science sponsor exhibitions in museums of science and natural history, they undermine public confidence in the validity of the institutions responsible for transmitting scientific knowledge. This corporate philanthropy comes at too high a cost.

While the public affairs director for the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History insists that David Koch only sits on […]