What are students really learning about climate change?

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In classrooms across the US, fossil fuel interests and political pressure are shaping the science - and leaving key facts out. Meet two teachers fighting to keep climate education honest, local, and alive.
10 Oct English Germany Society & Culture · Health & Fitness

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