‘Is the U.S. raising a new generation of climate-change deniers?’ Skeptical climate book for schools called ‘a real danger’
Warmist High School teacher Brandie Freeman (she blogs at 'The Sustainable School Teacher') horrified by Heartland Institute's skeptical climate report for schools: Freeman says most of her colleagues in "more liberal" states chucked their copies "straight in the recycling bin." But in Georgia, which she describes as "very conservative," Freeman felt the book posed a real danger.
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The Horror! Freeman: "As soon as you just even open the door to your students that there is doubt among scientists - which there isn't - then that allows them to have the seed planted that they can go to these climate-skeptic websites."
"The teacher across the hall from me doesn't think that climate change is caused by man," Freeman added. "I have three people in my department who feel the same way."
Brandie Freeman is a high school science teacher in the southern US state of Georgia. She recently opened her mailbox one morning to find something unpleasant lurking inside: A book, ostensibly a teaching guide, with the title “Why Scientists Disagree About Global Warming.”
It wasn’t entirely a surprise. Freeman had a heard about the publication – produced by the Heartland Institute…
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