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You should report him to the Principal, and CC to the Superintendent and Board of Education. State that the amount of evidence on climate change has been overwhelming for many years, and that given the political climate, a teacher who tells his students, even privately, that climate change does not exist, should not be hired by a public school system which professes to teach real science.

Climate change is absolutely undeniable.

The human contribution to climate change has been hotly debated. Most agree that humans have contributed in a major way to our current rapid increase in temperature. There have also been times on earth when temperatures varied abruptly without human interference.

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The reason these distinctions matter is that regardless of why our climate is changing, we need to do something about it! There are many solutions. Take the guilt off the table and just implement solutions.

This is very important for people who mistakenly deny climate change because they refuse to accept a share of the blame. Just deal with the increasing warmth, people, without pointing fingers.
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I don't think it's that simple.  For instance, if the record-breaking levels of carbon in our air are a cause of the change, we need to change the human activities that generate carbon.  But if you don't want to change all the money-making activities that generate carbon you can fight about whether carbon is really a cause.  So dealing with what's happened involves looking at causes - it's not about guilt, it's about solutions.  But people who don't want to slow down their money-making (and/or worry that investigating causes will make them ) try to make this into a conversation about guilt/uncertainty etc.  If we just build floodwalls and don't focus on reducing carbon and methane we may never keep up.[/quote]

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