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SamuelTheThird

(594 posts)
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 02:33 PM Oct 2025

Energy Dept. tells employees not to use words including 'climate change' and 'green'

Very smart. Avoiding these words will make the onrushing disaster vanish.

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/30/nx-s1-5557324/trump-doe-ban-words-climate-change-science

The email obtained by NPR instructs employees working on energy efficiency and renewable energy projects to avoid using about a dozen words and phrases, many of which are central to their work.

The banned phrases include:

"climate change," which is primarily caused by humans burning oil, gas and coal
"decarbonization," a common term in energy policy and research that refers to reductions in carbon dioxide pollution
"clean energy," which is often used to refer to solar, wind and other sources of electricity that do not rely on fossil fuels
"energy transition," which generally refers to the economy-wide shift away from oil, gas and coal that is already taking place as governments and corporations try to reduce planet-warming pollution
The email warns employees to avoid using the words in all parts of their work. The prohibition extends to the Energy Department website, internal reports and public documents, including those that describe federal funding opportunities.

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Energy Dept. tells employees not to use words including 'climate change' and 'green' (Original Post) SamuelTheThird Oct 2025 OP
Freedom of speech!........................ Lovie777 Oct 2025 #1
Pay no attention to the climate change disaster behind the curtain... wcmagumba Oct 2025 #2
I would say "Climate Change" every morning as I greeted by co-workers. walkingman Oct 2025 #3
DOJ Bans EPSTEIN BOSSHOG Oct 2025 #4
The term I use is Climatic Malfeasance. Of course, if it catches on, they will ban that too. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Oct 2025 #5
Unfortunately, the axiom by Thomas Jefferson is now untenable. Ping Tung Oct 2025 #6
Gonna have a hard time canetoad Oct 2025 #7
NEXT: Trump orders weather data older than 30 days deleted from all government databases dalton99a Oct 2025 #8

BOSSHOG

(44,738 posts)
4. DOJ Bans EPSTEIN
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 02:40 PM
Oct 2025

along with PEDOPHILIA, SEX WITH YOUNG GIRLS, SEX TRAFFICING. And as an added bonus 34 FELONY CONVICTIONS. The pride and joy of Mike the maggot Johnson and Johnny use a spoon thune, leaders of the leaderless republicans in DC.

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(1,830 posts)
5. The term I use is Climatic Malfeasance. Of course, if it catches on, they will ban that too.
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 03:13 PM
Oct 2025

In a sentence: The half dozen McBeach mansions that were recently swallowed up by the Atlantic Ocean in North Carolina, succumbed to Climatic Malfeasance!

Ping Tung

(4,141 posts)
6. Unfortunately, the axiom by Thomas Jefferson is now untenable.
Fri Oct 3, 2025, 03:22 PM
Oct 2025
Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights. Thomas Jefferson
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