Portland School Board Bans Books That Question Climate Dogma

[mountaineer]

Of course they did.

Portland School Board Bans Books That Question Climate Dogma
Written by Jessica Chasmar on Jun 4, 2020

The Portland Public Schools board unanimously approved a resolution this week that bans textbooks and other teaching materials that deny climate change exists or cast doubt on whether humans are to blame.

The resolution, introduced by school board member Mike Rosen, also directs the superintendent and staff to develop a plan for offering “curriculum and educational opportunities that address climate change and climate justice” in all Portland public schools, the Portland Tribune reported.

“It is unacceptable that we have textbooks in our schools that spread doubt about the human causes and urgency of the crisis,” Lincoln High School student Gaby Lemieux said during board testimony Tuesday.

“Climate education is not a niche or a specialization, it is the minimum requirement for my generation to be successful in our changing world.” ...

More at Climate Change Dispatch

[mountaineer]

"Science," as described in the resolution:

At a time when the science of global warming  has prompted governments around the world to begin redefining our economies and to call for an end to the fossil fuel era, it is time for school districts to redefine what it means to educate students for a future of certain climate change.

Climate literacy is essential for the success of Portland Public Schools students, both as members of their communities and citizens of the world.

Climate change is already having an enormous negative impact on nature and people around the world—which will only become worse—including present and future Portland Public Schools students. There is overwhelming consensus in the scientific community that the climate crisis is created by human beings releasing greenhouse gases by mining and burning fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas); through deforestation; and with environmentally damaging agricultural practices.  ...

[DB]

You have to give the left credit.

From BLM to this.

They've bent reality to achieve their agenda. And the great unwashed masses are certain that their experts are right and anyone who disagrees is a science denier... Even though consensus has nothing to do with science... And their claims are unconfirmed by any actual test which is science.

[Hoodat]

Leftists.  Go figure.