Writing for the blog of Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (February 18, 2025), NCSE Deputy Director Glenn Branch argued that despite the prevalence of climate change deniers in the new federal administration, "the consequences for climate change education in the United States are likely to be minimal." He explained, "That's simply because the federal government lacks substantial influence over what is taught in the public schools," although there are ways in which it could seek to undermine climate change education indirectly.
"Today's students will inherit a hotter world," Branch concluded. "It will take the vigilance and the efforts of everyone concerned about their future to ensure that climate change education withstands four more years of denial in the White House. Encouragingly, surveys routinely show that a majority of Americans agree that schools should teach about the causes, consequences, and potential solutions to global warming. If that mandate can be mobilized, climate change education might not only survive, but even thrive."
