Because money. Texas is a big oil producing state and guess what is a major contributor to climate change? The theory is if you don’t teach kids the correlation they will think oil is good.
Yep. It even points that out in the linked article.
Among the reasons the board rejected books: They had too much information about the climate crisis; they were published by companies with environmentally friendly policies; they portrayed fossil fuel use in an insufficiently positive light, potentially harming the state’s economy; and they included teachings about evolution but not creationism.
Because money. Texas is a big oil producing state and guess what is a major contributor to climate change? The theory is if you don’t teach kids the correlation they will think oil is good.
Yep. It even points that out in the linked article.
*emphasis mine.