cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/28131779

In addition to “climate change” and “green,” EERE forbid officials from using “emissions” to avoid the implication that they are a negative. Climate change is caused by rising greenhouse gas emissions, which is driven primarily by burning oil, coal and natural gas for energy.

Other terms officials must ditch include “energy transition,” “sustainability/sustainable,” “‘clean’ or ‘dirty’ energy,” “Carbon/CO2 ‘Footprint’” and “Tax breaks/tax credits/subsidies.”

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[–] 99 points 1 year ago (10 children)

It's odd to me that they even have a banned words list to begin with

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  • [–] [S] 85 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I'm not American but I know American academics and they have told me they are being pulled into meetings and given lists of words they must not use. So much for all the "free speech" whining from Republicans.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    Conservatives are, and have always been, about power over others. We kept their more evil nature's focused externally for a while with cold war, but without an external threat to point them at, they always turn on their neighbors eventually.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I'm not sure how they mean it here. But "banned words" aren't always meaning censorship. In an academic or journalistic sense it can just mean replacing words with more accurate phrasing or more clearly defined words to ensure consistency.

    Unfortunately, it's also used to spin a narrative or outright censor things as well. Like the NYT banning the word "genocide" during an active genocide.

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