Grade school students in Utah can participate this year in an Earth Day poster contest. The theme of the poster should not be a healthy ecosystem, how recycling helps reduce waste or how climate change is impacting the local flora and fauna. Instead, the theme is how wonderful fossil fuels are.

 

As Think Progress reported Wednesday, Utah has a state-endorsed Earth Day poster contest whose theme for 2013 is "Where Would WE Be Without Oil, Gas & Mining?"

 

The contest is from the Utah Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining and is sponsored by the Salt Lake Petroleum Section of Society of Petroleum Engineers.