"BP's sponsorship of the museum has long drawn ire, in part because the oil company pursues an "all out for oil and gas" strategy, including plans to exploit deep drilling at the recently discovered Burmerangue site off the coast of Brazil. The project has been criticised by campaigners and oil and gas unions due to its threat to ocean ecosystems, elevated carbon dioxide levels, and lack of revenue flowing back into the Brazilian economy."
"An Indigenous Brazilian leader has condemned the Science Museum for accepting sponsorship from BP on the eve of a new exhibition highlighting climate breakdown in Latin America. Ninawa Huni Kui is the leader of the Huni Kui (Kaxinawá) people from Acre, Brazil, and a prominent advocate for indigenous rights and environmental justice. He has criticised the museum for taking money from BP as it prepares to open Water, Pantanal, Fire, an exhibition spotlighting the threatened Brazilian wetland ecosystem. "These funds are dirty funds-indeed, stained with blood. The blood of communities that are completely destroyed by the actions of oil companies," Ninawa Huni Kui said in a statement. "We repudiate these initiatives, including those involving representatives of the Brazilian state.""
Ninawa Huni Kui, leader of the Huni Kui (Kaxinawá) people from Acre, Brazil, condemned the Science Museum for accepting BP sponsorship for an exhibition on the Pantanal. He described the funds as "dirty" and "stained with blood," saying oil company actions destroy communities and rejecting initiatives that involve state representatives. The exhibition, Water, Pantanal, Fire, spotlights a wetland threatened by deforestation, intensive farming and climate change, which have driven droughts and wildfires. Critics note BP's aggressive oil-and-gas expansion, including deep drilling plans off Brazil, and warn of ecosystem damage, higher CO2 and limited local economic benefits. 350.org called the sponsorship deeply contradictory.
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