Hey, why not? Your tax dollars are paying for it.
The oil and gas industry is moving to quash state universities’ “climate justice” course materials that denounce fossil fuels and promote violence to force the U.S. to adopt green energy policies.
Ohio State University paused a proposed course change for a geography class that would have taught fall semester students “the political economy of climate change and the political philosophy of climate justice.” The course drew the attention of International Natural Gas Association of America President Amy Andryszak. She wrote to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and flagged a book that would be assigned: Andreas Malm’s “How to Blow Up a Pipeline.”
The book, according to its publisher, “makes an impassioned call for the climate movement to escalate its tactics in the face of ecological collapse.” Mr. Malm argues for forcing an end to fossil fuel extraction with actions and destruction of equipment and tools. “We need, in short, to start blowing up some oil pipelines,” the book tells readers.
Ms. Andryszak questioned Ohio taxpayer funding of anti-fossil-fuel curricula in a state that is one of the nation’s top 10 natural gas producers. “The teaching of this book anywhere, but especially in a publicly funded state university, is very concerning, should be investigated by the State and, in our opinion, prohibited,” Ms. Andryszak wrote to the governor. “The activities advocated in the book can result in death, danger, and serious injury to those perpetrating the acts and innocent bystanders.”
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