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l / 1 / 1/1 in some states. Even when it is taught, Reid says, "what goes on behind the classroom door is really up to the teacher." The campaign comes at a time when Heartland's influence on national climate policy is at an apex. Myron Ebell, a leading climate change skeptic and a long- time ally (https://www.heartiand.org/about-us/who-we-are/myron-ebell) of the Heartland Institute, ran ( :// r / /r li /ar it / - - r - II- -li a - raria -I a i - ru a- ra i i / ) President Donald Trump's transition efforts for the Environmental Protection Agency. That process led to the appointment of climate change is ( :// a - i / / r - vir / / 1/ / / -li a - a - - rui - ra is - a- - i /u r 1 1 Scott Pruitt as administrator of the EPA. Pruitt, a former Oklahoma attorney general, has publicly questioned the scientific consensus around climate change, and has brought in like- minded officials com/2017/03/07/us/politics/scott-pruitt-environmental-protection-agency.htmi) - rui - vir al- r i -a who support dismantling policies that curb fossil fuel emissions. Trump took a major step toward that goal on Tuesday when he signed ......... ............................... (http://www.politico.com/ story /2017 /03 /onai- trump - climate- change - execu- iv - r r® 7 ) an executive order rolling back the Clean Power Plan, an Oba- ma administration initiative that aimed to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. "We're getting a lot of requests for expert opinion from the White House;" said Bast. "That's very new. We haven't had those calls for eight years. Even 12 years" Last week in Washington, D.C., Heartland held its annual conference challenging the idea that there is a scientific consensus on climate change. The conference focused on the future of energy and climate policy under Trump. Bast opened