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Climate Denial In The Classroom

The Heartland Institute, which is backed by big oil interests, is trying to spread climate change denial in schools across the U.S. by sending 350,000 teachers textbook full of lies.

But the good news is that there are plenty of free resources to help schools teach the truth about climate change. Get them at https://climateclassroom.org/

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: JOEL BACH and DREW MAGRATTEN
WRITER: LIVIA BOKOR
SCRIPT EDITORS: JOEL BACH, MAGGIE BADORE, JOSH FUTTERSAK, MATT ROSENBAUM, and DREW MAGRATTEN
VIDEO EDITOR: ETHAN DAVID

SOURCES:
[i] Insideclimatenews.org. Science Teachers Respond to Climate Materials Sent by Heartland Institute. Dec 22 2017.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22…
[ii] Ibid.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22…
[iii] Nasa.gov. Scientific consensus: Earth’s climate is warming. Accessed July 26 2018.
https://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-c…
[iv] Desmogblog.com. Heartland Institute. Accessed July 26 2018.
https://www.desmogblog.com/heartland-…
[v] PBS.org. Climate Change Skeptic Group Seeks to Influence 200,000 Teachers. March 28 2017.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/ar…
[vi] Insideclimatenews.org. Science Teacherst Respond to Climate Materials Sent by Heartland Institute. Dec 22 2017.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22…
[vii] Ibid.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22…
[viii] Theguardian.com. Pipeline to the classroom: how big oil promotes fossil fuels to America’s children. Jun 15 2017.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2…
[ix] Insideclimatenews.org. Science Teachers Respond to Climate Materials Sent by Heartland Institute. Dec 22 2017.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/11…

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