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US Moves Toward Teaching Climate Change; Britain Does the Opposite
2013-04-08 08:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: New science teaching standards in the United States will include extensive lessons on human-made climate change. Expected to be unveiled this week, the guidelines will bring the subject to classrooms in up to 40 states, in many cases for the first time. Eighth-grade pupils should understand that "human activities, such as the release of greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels, are major factors in the current rise in Earths mean surface temperature (global warming)," according to the Next...
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