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EPA administrator Lee Zeldin delivered the keynote at a Heartland Institute climate conference, aligning with a prominent climate-denial group and challenging mainstream climate science, while critics warned the event underscored the Trump era’s environmental rollbacks and the repeal of the endangerment finding.
Florida's Department of Education has approved the use of videos produced by the conservative advocacy group Prager University (PragerU) in public school classrooms. These videos, which education experts say distort science, history, and gender, could potentially be spread to classrooms in other states. PragerU CEO Marissa Streit claims that the videos will provide a "healthy balance" to counter what she perceives as left-leaning education. However, researchers warn that the videos present extreme ideas as common beliefs and could influence impressionable children. Critics argue that Florida's approval supports climate change-denial and undermines accurate climate science education. PragerU aims to develop a curriculum that can be expanded to other states, and more states are expected to approve PragerU content for classroom use.
Republican politicians who sought to capitalize on anti-woke sentiment and make sustainable investing a campaign issue are facing voter disinterest, as a Morning Consult survey found that less than half of voters think corporations are pushing "wokeness" too far. Majorities in both parties oppose government limits on ESG investments, and there are signs of resistance at the state level. Meanwhile, Florida's Department of Education has approved the use of Prager University Foundation videos in classrooms, which include climate-denial content. The paper industry continues to lead in recyclability, with a recycling rate of 68%, but opposes state-level proposals to shift the responsibility of recycling onto packaging producers.