Panel endorses bill to train teachers in climate science despite Republican opposition

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • February 1, 2022

Republicans tried Tuesday to kill a proposal that would establish a $3 million program to train climate science teachers in Maine, but the bill, which has generated a lot of support from teachers and students, sailed through committee along party lines. Legislative opponents said the bill, sponsored by Rep. Lydia Blume, D-York, would give environmental groups too much influence over the teachers they would help train, and could encourage some teachers to spend too much class time on climate science.