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Portland School Board Bans Materials That Denies Climate Change

The Portland Public Schools board have unanimously approved a resolution aimed at eliminating any doubt about climate change and its causes in schools. The school board is planning to ban all textbooks and other materials that denies the existence of man-made climate change Is it right to completely stop students from learning about scientific evidence that contradicts the orthodox climate change narrative? Activist Post reports: Although the topic is still being heavily debated within the scientific community, young and impressionable students will now only receive the politically correct side of the issue. ‘Man is causing climate change, no questions asked.’ From the Portland Tribune: In a move spearheaded by environmentalists, the Portland Public Schools board unanimously approved a resolution aimed at eliminating doubt of climate change and its causes in schools. “It is unacceptable that we have textbooks in our schools that spread doubt about the human causes and urgency of the crisis,” said Lincoln High School student Gaby Lemieux in board testimony. “Climate education is not a niche or a specialization, it is the minimum requirement for my generation to be successful in our changing world.” The resolution passed Tuesday evening calls for the school district to get rid of textbooks [...]