Eric Pallant believes the most environmentally-sound way to teach environmental science is to get rid of the textbooks. This past academic year Mr. Pallant, an environmental-science professor at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Textbook authors were told last month that some references to “climate change” must be removed from science books before they ...

ALEXANDRIA, VA -- The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the American Geological Institute (AGI) a grant of $998,000 to develop an environmental science textbook for high-school students ...

In the first class of the 2005-2006 school year, after calling roll and introducing myself and co-professor Terry Bensel, I told our students they were participating in an experiment. An experiment ...

Under pressure from the American Chemistry Council, a lobbying group for the plastics industry, schools officials in California edited a new environmental curriculum to include positive messages about ...

The second book, “Environmental Science: How the World Works and Your Place in It,” was initially rejected by the board. It was finally published — but only after its publisher, who desperately wanted ...

The State Board of Education voted Friday to adopt two of three proposed new environmental science textbooks for grades 9-12. By a vote of 10-5, the first textbook since 1995 was rejected by the SBOE.

Science and faith are sometimes in harmony with each other, but often there have been bitter disputes. Pope John Paul II finally settled the Catholic Church’s famous dispute with Galileo by formally ...

Don’t Miss a Moment. Join 30,000 locals who stay current on San Antonio news, culture, and events. Get our free newsletters in your inbox three times a week. Once again, the State Board of Education ...

A team of California researchers may rewrite environmental textbooks after uncovering evidence that a saltwater marsh is a source of potentially hazardous fecal bacteria that is contaminating the ...

A set of proposed life-science textbooks in Louisiana appears on track for adoption by the state’s school board, despite complaints that the materials don’t provide information questioning the theory ...