As an Environmental Studies student, my passion is in protecting the environment and learning about policies that can help us globally in the field of conservation. Last week, Rupert Murdoch, owner of Fox News, paid millions of dollars to buy the National Geographic Society. National Geographic, which has been a non-profit organization for over 120 years, is now a for-profit organization, with 75% owned by Murdoch. As a climate change “skeptic,” Murdoch is now in charge of millions of dollars of funding, which have previously been awarded to scientists all over the world. This acquisition should be very alarming to students who dedicate their education to the environment: this deal will affect what has been, historically, one of the most significant givers to the science community.
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