Devastating hurricanes in Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico. Out of control wildfires in Oregon, Washington, Canada, and California. This is climate change America, 2017. The media hesitates to draw connections, and, despite Puerto Rico before …
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Climate Change and the Imagination
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Analyzing Climate Change Language
President Trump calls climate change a “hoax.” The Oxford English Dictionary defines a “hoax” as “deceiving or taking in by inducing to believe an amusing or mischievous fabrication or fiction.” As example, the OED cites …
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Climate Change and Critical Media Literacy
Last year was the hottest year on record, and yet the major TV networks (ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX News) spent 66% less time covering climate change in 2016 than they did in 2015, according …
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Teaching about Climate Change
We begin this blog as President Trump withdraws the United States from the Paris Agreement, after the hottest year ever recorded. Given the seriousness of the climate crisis, we believe now is the time for …
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Welcome to ETCCC!
ETCCC -- English Teachers Concerned about Climate Change -- fosters a growing community of teachers in different disciplines elementary through college who are teaching and learning about global warming.
