Heartland burned by ‘DenialGate’ memos | Politico
Courtesy of Climate Crock of the Week blog
Documents leaked online purport to reveal the inner workings of the Heartland Institute, showing the libertarian group trying to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars from donors like the Charles G. Koch Foundation while planning to sow doubts in classrooms and the news media about global warming science.
The group’s efforts included plans to develop school curricula labeling climate research as “controversial and uncertain,” and attempts to cultivate alliances with influential figures such as New York Times environmental blogger Andrew Revkin, based on memos and fundraising documents published Tuesday by the left-leaning DeSmogBlog.
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Related: In Classrooms, Climate Change Is the New Evolution | Mother Jones
Over at Science magazine’s ScienceInsider, Sarah Reardon reports on how the National Center for Science Education —a group dedicated to fighting the teaching of creationism in public schools—is expanding its mission in response to special-interest attacks on the teaching of climate science. The groups include the Heartland Institute, which has worked with the Koch Brothers to perpetuate the notion that climate change is a hoax, and which sends its “educational” materials to public-school teachers hoping to further its pro-business agenda.
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