McRaven approved the spending of $215 million on land in south Houston so that the UT system could expand. The land was a former chemical manufacturing site and was contaminated. The more than 300-acre parcel was formerly owned by another UT alumnus. McRaven sidestepped the Texas Legislature which should have been informed of the purchase at a time when funds for higher education have been cut. McRaven was also criticized for the unknown amount that would be needed remediate the soil of contaminates.

McRaven joined the board of the multinational ConocoPhillips, effective October 2018

In 2022, McRaven joined the board of Palantir Technologies

FUCK this guy.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

McRaven was also criticized for the unknown amount that would be needed remediate the soil of contaminates.

It's got to be a grift. I would bet my life savings he gave a ginormous sweetheart contract to a close buddy who has a firm that doesn't even have any knowledge expertise with that stuff.

[–] zifnab25@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago

A friend of mine worked in remediation, and he joked about how half the job was just doing surveys and saying "Yes, this land is contaminated" because that was a requirement, but never having to clean anything up because clean-up wasn't actually a requirement issued by the state.