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In response to what it sees as increasing efforts to undermine the teaching of climate science, the nation's largest science teachers association took the unusual step Thursday of issuing a formal position statement in support of climate science education. In its position statement, the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) calls on science teachers from kindergarten through high school to emphasize to students that "no scientific controversy exists regarding the basic facts of climate change." It also urges teachers to "reject pressures to eliminate or de-emphasize" climate science in their curriculum. Our stories. Your inbox. Every weekend. Judy Braus, executive director of the North American Association for Environmental Education, said her organization fully supports the NSTA position statement. Teachers and school boards have been under pressure from organizations that oppose climate policies, including some that have promoted misinformation and aruged for climate change to be removed from state science curricula. Glenn Branch, deputy director of the National Center for Science Education, a nonprofit that defends the integrity of science education against ideological interference, said the position statement comes at a key time: Arizona is now devising new science standards and arguing over climate change. Branch, who was not involved in developing NSTA's position statement, said the document should help classroom teachers who may feel political or societal pressure to eliminate climate science instruction.