The Independent reported March 3 that “a growing number of children are being affected by eco-anxiety—concern about ecological disasters.” Question: Do you suppose there is any connection between what school children are being taught in the classroom and may see on broadcast “news” all over the world—if they take time to pay attention—and their states of mind? Neither a typical school teacher, nor the average news reporter, is sufficiently grounded in the arcane discipline of climate … [Read more...]