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Wyoming Hissyfit over Climate Change Education

posted by LaminatorX on Monday March 17 2014, @03:54AM   Printer-friendly
from the head-in-the-sand dept.

Fluffeh writes:

"For a few years the National Research Council, National Science Teachers Association, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science have been working to put together a set of standards for teaching science in public education schools. So far, nine states and the District of Columbia have adopted the standards. Wyoming doesn't appear to have issues with evolution. Instead, climate science appears to be the problem. That's not because any of the legislators have actually studied the science involved and found it lacking. The issue appears to be solely with the implications of the science.

State Representative Matt Teeters had this to say '[The standards] handle global warming as settled science. There's all kind of social implications involved in that that I don't think would be good for Wyoming.' Specifically, Teeters seems to think that having citizens of the state accept climate science would 'wreck Wyoming's economy,' which relies heavily on fossil fuel production."

 
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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 17 2014, @04:37AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 17 2014, @04:37AM (#17396)

    "Some of us don't think climate change ranks very high on the top concerns
    that are facing mankind for the 21st century."

    Well at least, like Wyoming, you dont deny all the science, you just think
    other things matter more. Progress of sorts I suppose.

    So, care to give us a sample of the concerns you think rank higher?

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  • (Score: 1) by joekiser on Monday March 17 2014, @04:10PM

    by joekiser (1837) on Monday March 17 2014, @04:10PM (#17678)
    If he's American, here is a ranked list of important issues this election cycle [gallup.com].
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