Members of the CO2 Coalition attended a science teachers' convention and handed out comic books depicting carbon as good for the planet. They were kicked out.
To science teachers attending a recent convention, the comic book about “Simon the solar-powered cat” seemed unremarkable at first. The story began with Simon, an orange-and-white cat, begging for more food in typical feline fashion.But on page five, the story took an unusual turn: A “friendly scientist” explained that Simon subsisted not on kibble, but on carbon dioxide.
The episode, details of which have not previously been reported, raised concerns among scientists and education experts that the teachers could spread climate misinformation to their students. It comes as states take divergent approaches to climate instruction in public schools, with New Jerseyin nearly every class, while Texas’s Board of Education recently called for science textbooks to emphasize the “positive” effects of fossil fuels.
Members of the coalition, which has received money from far-right organizations and donors with ties to the fossil fuel industry, obtained a booth at the National Science Teaching Association’s convention. They spent the first day distributing three comic books and accompanying lesson plans to some of the roughly 6,500 attendees.
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