Elizabeth Harrington of the Washington Free Beacon details another case of your tax dollars at work pursuing dubious goals linked to climate change.
The National Park Service is spending nearly $300,000 on an internship program that teaches college students skills on how to communicate messages about climate change.
The “Climate Change Communication Internship Program” is a partnership with George Mason University that gives students paid internships to make infographics and websites about how humans are causing global warming.
“This paid summer internship program—in partnership with the National Park Service—trains and places undergraduate and graduate interns in National Capital Region national parks to develop materials and programs that communicate the impact of climate change on natural, cultural, historical, and recreational resources in the parks,” according to the program’s website. “Our interns have developed a variety of products ranging from park ranger communication toolkits to park-specific webpages.”
The internship began under the Obama administration in 2012. The program costs an estimated $287,308, according to a notice published by the National Park Service on Wednesday.
Past internships have taught environmental studies majors how to “effectively communicate” efforts to mitigate climate change and how to “inspire others to make changes in their own lives.”
