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Politics and science reporter. Recent: @frontlinepbs. Author of MISEDUCATION, @columbiagr. California transplant, ergo weather grouch and burrito snob. she/her
Jul 9, 2022 19 tweets 6 min read
Big Oil's spent a bazillion ad dollars trying to convince us that they care about the planet.

But what happened when Texas educators tried to add climate change to the curriculum? You can read in @sciam but here are a few of the most absurd deets🧵.

scientificamerican.com/article/subver… So Texas was updating its science standards, which guide what's taught in classrooms and textbooks.

The educators in charge were like, maybe this time let's include something about the science of the climate crisis and what can be done to stop it?

The oil industry: