Florida tells textbook authors that climate change references must be cut to get the state's OK

Textbook authors told climate change references must be cut to get Florida’s OK The action appears similar to requirements the state imposed on math and social studies textbooks said to include “critical race theory” and “social justice” material. The s… Leslie Postal Orlando Sentinel

Textbook authors were told last month that some references to “climate change” must be removed from science books before they could be accepted for use in Florida’s public schools, according to two of those authors.

A high school biology book also had to add citations to back up statements that “human activity” caused climate change and cut a “political statement” urging governments to take action to stop climate change, said Ken Miller, the co-author of that textbook and a professor emeritus of biology at Brown University.

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