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A conservative think tank just sent 8,000 teachers a new climate denial ‘textbook

Grist

Sterling Burnett, who directs Climate and Environmental Policy for the Heartland Institute and edited “Climate at a Glance,” said he hoped the book would reach educators who are teaching climate change, “not to replace the material they have, but to supplement it.” It almost seems quaint that they’re still running with this.

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Taking control of the harmful effects of air pollution to improve health outcomes

Envirotec Magazine

Dr Noel O’Kelly of monitoring technology firm Spirit Digital argues for greater access to air quality data and education, and he explains that the data is available today. We know that air quality has a significant impact from both a sociological and health perspective. Image credit: Max Chen , CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Tackling air quality.

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Professor Resigns from Research Center Over Partnership with Oil and Gas Major Eni

DeSmogBlog

Although Grasso has resigned as director of the Anthropocene research unit at CISEPS, he will be retaining his role as a professor of political geography in the department of sociology and social research at UNIMIB. Many universities in the USA and other countries are dropping fossil fuel projects and partnerships, they are divesting.

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UK ranks top for climate concern in world's 'largest' climate attitudes survey

Business Green

UNDP administrator Achim Steiner said the results emphasised how a significant majority of people around the globe - regardless nationalities, age, gender and education level - supported "urgent climate action". Recognition of the climate emergency is much more widespread than previously thought.

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The Green Space is Really White

Sustainability Consulting

Dr. Dorceta Taylor, professor of environmental justice and environmental sociology at the University of Michigan’s School of Environment and Sustainability, says that there is a false notion that people of color are just not interested in the environment and therefore not interested in pursuing a degree in environmental sciences.

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Self-guided learning opportunities for Black History Month, February 2022

Planet Pulse

explores stories and artifacts that reflect the economy, health care, education, housing, and political process for military veterans in the aftermath of WWII. and the African American Political Struggle, where they will look at the Black family in history, literature, the visual arts, film, sociology, anthropology, and social policy.

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Meet Team Defend Our Future Arizona!

Defend Our Future

Here, he organized to research the challenges faced by immigrant students in Flagstaff in accessing higher education, the barriers their families experience in engaging with Flagstaff. She is now with Defend Our Future to advocate for environmental education and uplift the young voices of the climate justice movement.

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