-Caveat Lector- September 5, 2001 Environmental Education: Fact or Fiction By Charles R. MiVille, Washington, D.C., correspondent http://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/A0017529.html It's a scary scenario: New York City flooded by global warming, acid rain destroying our lakes and rivers. Most scientists would call this science fiction, but it's being taught in many public schools as fact. If your child comes home from school and tells you that soon there will be no more elephants or monkeys, you can thank the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In fact, it comes right from textbooks that are funded by the EPA. "(Y)ou have young children frightened . . . worried . . . poorly informed, thinking they're learning scientific information when they really aren't," said Jane Shaw, co-author of the book, Facts, Not Fear. "(Y)ou have a bad situation that's only going to get worse as they get older." Shaw said the EPA is using fear tactics. "They want to keep kids worried and anxious so they will continue to support Environmental Protection Agency actions which, unfortunately, are often enforcement type actions," Shaw said. Michael Sanera, a co-author with Shaw, said the EPA is part of a coalition that includes a host of activist groups. "The goal is to activate kids, and so what you see in tandem is bad information about the environment placed right next to urging kids to do something about it," Sanera said. Congress stopped funding EPA school programs five years ago, but the money could come back in the latest education bill. "There is support among certain House members to pull that out because it's not germane at all to the president's education bill," Sanera said. According to Shaw and Sanera, the EPA has been indoctrinating teachers to its radical agenda for years. According to a recent study, 60 percent of the teachers who are using textbooks produced by environmental groups claim they don't see any bias. They also don't distinguish between environmentalists and environmental activists. TAKE ACTION: Please contact your representative and senators and ask them to make sure that no funding be included in the education bill for EPA school programs. [Forwarded For Information Purposes Only - Not Necessarily Endorsed By The Sender - A.K. Pritchard] ------------------------------ A.K. Pritchard http://members.ll.net/chiliast/ To subscribe to "The Republican" email list - just ask! [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the Federal Government are few and defined. ... The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all objects, which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties and prosperities of the people; and the internal order, improvement and prosperity of the state." --James Madison - Federalist Papers, #45 <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
