{"id":391630,"date":"2010-03-04T09:26:25","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T14:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.disinfo.com\/?p=23942"},"modified":"2010-03-04T09:26:25","modified_gmt":"2010-03-04T14:26:25","slug":"critics-of-man-made-global-warming-and-evolution-theories-join-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/391630","title":{"rendered":"Critics Of Man-Made Global Warming And Evolution Theories Join Forces"},"content":{"rendered":"

The anti-establishment science movement is truly gathering momentum in the United States, making the front page of the New York Times<\/a> today:<\/p>\n

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Critics of the teaching of evolution in the nation\u2019s classrooms are gaining ground in some states by linking the issue to global warming<\/a>, arguing that dissenting views on both scientific subjects should be taught in public schools.<\/p>\n

In Kentucky, a bill recently introduced in the Legislature would encourage teachers to discuss \u201cthe advantages and disadvantages of scientific theories,\u201d including \u201cevolution, the origins of life, global warming<\/a> and human cloning.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bill, which has yet to be voted on, is patterned on even more aggressive efforts in other states to fuse such issues. In Louisiana, a law passed in 2008 says the state board of education may assist teachers in promoting \u201ccritical thinking\u201d on all of those subjects.<\/p>\n

Last year, the Texas Board of Education adopted language requiring that teachers present all sides of the evidence on evolution and global warming<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma introduced a bill with similar goals in 2009, although it was not enacted.<\/p>\n

The linkage of evolution and global warming<\/a> is partly a legal strategy: courts have found that singling out evolution for criticism in public schools is a violation of the separation of church and state. By insisting that global warming<\/a> also be debated, deniers of evolution can argue that they are simply championing academic freedom in general.<\/p>\n

Yet they are also capitalizing on rising public resistance in some quarters to accepting the science of global warming<\/a>, particularly among political conservatives who oppose efforts to rein in emissions of greenhouse gases<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In South Dakota, a resolution calling for the \u201cbalanced teaching of global warming<\/a> in public schools\u201d passed the Legislature this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cCarbon dioxide is not a pollutant,\u201d the resolution said, \u201cbut rather a highly beneficial ingredient for all plant life.\u201d\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

[continues in the New York Times<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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