COLUMN: The U.S. government is pulling back from climate instruction. States, teachers and other countries are stepping up

COLUMN: The U.S. government is pulling back from climate instruction. States, teachers and other countries are stepping up

This past fall, at an event in New York City’s National Museum of the American Indian, a packed room of educators and federal employees applauded the release of a document titled “Climate Literacy: Essential Principles for Understanding and Addressing Climate Change.”The 52-page document, released at Climate Week NYC, laid out principles for improving young people’s understanding of the science, skills and aptitudes required to address this fast…