The usual claim from the climate change deniers is that they are merely pointing out that climate science is controversial or disputed. But their internal documents reveal what this is really all about (emphasis added):
Principals and teachers are heavily biased toward the alarmist perspective. To counter this we are considering launching an effort to develop alternative materials for K-12 classrooms. We are pursuing a proposal from Dr. David Wojick to produce a global warming curriculum for K-12 schools. Dr. Wojick is a consultant with the Office of Scientific and Technical Information at the U.S. Department of Energy in the area of information and communication science. His effort will focus on providing curriculum that shows that the topic of climate change is controversial and uncertain – two key points that are effective at dissuading teachers from teaching science.
The above is a direct quote from an internal strategy document of the Heartland Institute, a Chicago based promoter of – it is now clear – superstition: as that is what we are left with without science.
All of this is funded by a mystery figure known as the “Anonymous Donor”. It is tempting to make a song and dance about Microsoft’s role in funding the shamans too – but it seems their money goes on a project called “ITTN” – which mainly seems to be about stopping US regulators injecting some competition into the telecoms and ICT market over there.
Related articles
- The Heart(land) of the Denial Campaign [Class M] (scienceblogs.com)
- INTERNAL DOCUMENTS: The Secret, Corporate-Funded Plan To Teach Children That Climate Change Is A Hoax (thinkprogress.org)
- Leaked: a plan to teach climate change denial in schools (openchannel.msnbc.msn.com)
- HeartlandGate: Anti-Science Institute’s Insider Reveals Secrets (scienceblogs.com)
- Leaked Heartland Institute documents pull back curtain on climate scepticism | Leo Hickman (guardian.co.uk)
- Heartland Institute budget and strategy revealed (deepclimate.org)
- Heartland Institute documents leaked (go.theregister.com)
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