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☆ Climate Change in Texas Science Textbooks Causes Divisions on State's Education Board
  + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Associated Press | Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +3 min
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — How science textbooks in Texas address climate change is at the center of a key vote expected Friday after some Republican education officials criticized books for being too negative toward fossil fuels in America's biggest oil and gas state. Science standards adopted by the board's conservative majority in 2021 do not mention creationism as an alternative to evolution. But some Republicans on the 15-member board this week waved off current textbook options as too negative toward fossil fuels and for failing to include alternatives to evolution. Scientists overwhelmingly agree that heat-trapping gases released from the combustion of fossil fuels are pushing up global temperatures, upending weather patterns and endangering animal species. She said their organization had identified only two textbooks that would not meet the standards set in 2021.
Persons: Republican Wayne Christian, ”, Glenn Branch, Branch, Aaron Kinsey, ” Kinsey, Aicha Davis, “, Emily Witt Organizations: Texas State, of Education, Republican, National Center, Science Education, Hearst Newspapers, Science Teaching Association, Texas Freedom Network Locations: AUSTIN, Texas, ” Texas, West Texas, U.S
☆ Texas governor signs bill placing limits on transgender athletes in college sports
  + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Andy Rose Jack Forrest | Andy Rose | Jack Forrest | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
Greg Abbott signed a law Thursday barring transgender college athletes in the state from competing in sports that align with their gender identity – expanding a 2021 law that banned transgender students in K-12 Texas school districts and some charter schools from doing the same. Abbott framed Senate Bill 15, titled the “Save Women’s Sports Act,” as designed to protect female athletes from unfair competition. The new law, which takes effect September 1, allows individuals to sue institutions that allow trans athletes to compete on teams that align with their gender identity. Proponents of such restrictions have argued transgender women have a physical advantage over cisgender women, and that the regulations give female athletes equal opportunities to compete. However, there is little research on trans collegiate athletes.
Persons: Greg Abbott, Abbott, “, ”, ’ –, Marti Bier Organizations: CNN, Texas Republican Gov, Sports Medicine, Texans, Texas Freedom Network, GOP Locations: Texas, Alabama
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