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The think tank Heartland Institute hopes schools teach a curriculum that ignores current accepted science related to climate change.

Al GoreAccording to documents published online by DeSmogBlog, Heartland knows that such a curriculum would contain false information, yet acknowledges that it would benefit several major corporations.

“Internal Heartland Institute strategy and funding documents obtained by DeSmogBlog expose the heart of the climate denial machine—its current plans, many of its funders, and details that confirm what DeSmogBlog and others have reported for years,” the site posted. “The heart of the climate denial machine relies on huge corporate and foundation funding from U.S. businesses including Microsoft, Koch Industries, Altria (parent company of Philip Morris) RJR Tobacco and more.

We are releasing the entire trove of documents now to allow crowd-sourcing of the material.”

DeSmogBlog describes Heartland’s approach as encouraging teachers to eschew science in favor of what some are calling propaganda.

Heartland documents describe its Global Warming Curriculum for K-12 Classrooms Project, explaining how the lessons “show that the topic of climate change is controversial and uncertain, two key points that are effective at dissuading teachers from teaching science.”

Heartland issued a statement saying that the documents were meant for its board but were mistakenly emailed to a third party. The group also claimed one of the documents is “fake,” yet points out no specific misstatements in the material.


Article by Jason Tomaszewski, EducationWorld Associate Editor
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