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BumRushDaShow

(160,898 posts)
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 07:19 PM Sunday

Energy Dept. adds 'climate change' and 'emissions' to banned words list

Source: Politico

09/28/2025 02:47 PM EDT


The Energy Department has added “climate change,” “green” and “decarbonization” to its growing “list of words to avoid” at its Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, according to an email issued Friday and obtained by POLITICO.

The words on the DOE list are at the heart of EERE’s mission: It is the government’s largest investor in technologies that help reduce heat-trapping emissions that cause climate change as well as the hazardous pollution from fossil fuels. It is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to dispute, silence or downplay the realities of climate change.

“Please ensure that every member of your team is aware that this is the latest list of words to avoid — and continue to be conscientious about avoiding any terminology that you know to be misaligned with the Administration’s perspectives and priorities,” the directive from acting director of external affairs Rachel Overbey said.

Those instructions apply to both public-facing and internal communications and cover documents such as requests for information for federal funding opportunities, reports and briefings.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/28/energy-department-climate-change-emissions-banned-words-00583649

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Energy Dept. adds 'climate change' and 'emissions' to banned words list (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Sunday OP
How about "fuck you," is that still ok? God these people are so twisted. We deserve better than these trash Blues Heron Sunday #1
Unreal yankee87 Sunday #2
Got it. Very catchy. taxi Sunday #3
Definition of "Orwellian". . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sunday #4
"You don't grasp the beauty of the destruction of words ... muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #12
Science doesn't give a shit liberalgunwilltravel Sunday #5
So my nocturnal wet dream wasn't caused by environmental impending climax? 3Hotdogs Sunday #6
Also under consideration for deletion are the following; Buddyzbuddy Sunday #7
What took them so long? Gimpyknee Yesterday #8
While they're at it, they might as well ban words like Lionel Mandrake Yesterday #9
Plenty of work-arounds: instead of "green" say "blue + yellow". Etc. TheRickles Yesterday #10
JFC orangecrush Yesterday #11
"Renewable" will go soon; and then "efficiency" muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #13
That would then torpedo the DOGEshit office! BumRushDaShow Yesterday #14
Good point - it would be the Department of Goverment muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #15
OR BumRushDaShow Yesterday #16
I listened to a couple of great episodes of Watt It Takes last night that opened my eyes. Also, nice try but North Korea mahina 20 hrs ago #17
The thing they don't mention BumRushDaShow 19 hrs ago #18
True! mahina 19 hrs ago #19
But Lets Kill The Planet can Stay. Cha 18 hrs ago #20

Blues Heron

(7,628 posts)
1. How about "fuck you," is that still ok? God these people are so twisted. We deserve better than these trash
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 07:21 PM
Sunday

yankee87

(2,680 posts)
2. Unreal
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 07:25 PM
Sunday

And we thought ostriches were dumb when they stick their heads in the sand. We are no better.

taxi

(2,544 posts)
3. Got it. Very catchy.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 07:29 PM
Sunday

In place of 'Search and destroy' substitute the words 'sweep and clear'.
Go to 47 seconds in.

muriel_volestrangler

(104,858 posts)
12. "You don't grasp the beauty of the destruction of words ...
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 09:52 AM
Yesterday

... Do you know that Newspeak is the only language in the world whose vocabulary gets smaller every year?'

Winston did know that, of course. He smiled, sympathetically he hoped, not trusting himself to speak. Syme bit off another fragment of the dark-coloured bread, chewed it briefly, and went on:

'Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it. Every concept that can ever be needed, will be expressed by exactly one word, with its meaning rigidly defined and all its subsidiary meanings rubbed out and forgotten. Already, in the Eleventh Edition, we're not far from that point. But the process will still be continuing long after you and I are dead. Every year fewer and fewer words, and the range of consciousness always a little smaller. Even now, of course, there's no reason or excuse for committing thoughtcrime. It's merely a question of self-discipline, reality-control. But in the end there won't be any need even for that. The Revolution will be complete when the language is perfect. Newspeak is Ingsoc and Ingsoc is Newspeak,' he added with a sort of mystical satisfaction. 'Has it ever occurred to you, Winston, that by the year 2050, at the very latest, not a single human being will be alive who could understand such a conversation as we are having now?'

https://www.george-orwell.org/1984/4.html

5. Science doesn't give a shit
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 08:16 PM
Sunday

If Trump and his ass-kissing suckups ban words. Their idiot followers might believe their shit, but it doesn’t change reality.

Buddyzbuddy

(1,576 posts)
7. Also under consideration for deletion are the following;
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 10:07 PM
Sunday

asthma, lung disease, lung cancer and death.
The Republican Administration is also considering collecting and burning all dictionaries including internet sourced. They are considered a danger to society and our children.
On the other hand, the administration is working to make gun silencers, automatic machine guns and bumper stocks completely legal.

Lionel Mandrake

(4,183 posts)
9. While they're at it, they might as well ban words like
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 01:29 AM
Yesterday

honest, decent, good, true, science, evidence, fact

muriel_volestrangler

(104,858 posts)
13. "Renewable" will go soon; and then "efficiency"
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 09:55 AM
Yesterday

So it can be the "Office of Energy and Energy". Or "OffDoubleEnergy". Doubleplusgood.

muriel_volestrangler

(104,858 posts)
15. Good point - it would be the Department of Goverment
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 10:21 AM
Yesterday

in charge of drowning government in a bathtub.

mahina

(20,080 posts)
17. I listened to a couple of great episodes of Watt It Takes last night that opened my eyes. Also, nice try but North Korea
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 02:33 PM
20 hrs ago

Would like their propaganda minister back.
Some pretty interesting info related to data centers, energy and the political mess of the time we are in. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watt-it-takes/id1554962073

Blurb on #1
“As we’ve covered in other recent episodes, the growth of data centers and the massive amount of power they require is reshaping the energy landscape. Today, I want to zero in on a specific challenge at the heart of it all: the watt bit spread, a phrase coined by this month’s guest. 
The Watt Bit Spread is the gap between the cost of electricity and the value of computing—computing meaning, the processing power behind AI, cloud services, and digital infrastructure. Bridging that gap is one of the keys to unlocking both data center growth and new power generation.
Despite countless developers' promises of abundant “powered land,” very few can deliver what data centers and other energy-intensive industries actually need. It’s not just certainty of power timelines but also land, utility agreements, capital, and community support — all critical to reducing the constraints that make the watt bit spread so persistent. Too often, there’s a disconnect between real estate and utilities. Some companies know how to acquire land. Others know how to work with utilities. But rarely both. And even when those pieces come together, projects can still be stalled without community support, labor, or equipment. 
That’s where Brian Janous, Co-Founder and CCO of Cloverleaf Infrastructure, comes in—working to bridge the watt bit spread by aligning land, power, and communities to meet the surging demand for computing. Put simply, Cloverleaf buys land in dollars per acre and sells it in dollars per megawatt.”

And on #2
“The U.S. power sector serves more than 160 million electricity customers—across homes, businesses, and factories in all 50 states. But the grid that supplies that electricity wasn’t designed for the world we live in now, let alone the one that’s coming.
Electrification is accelerating. Data centers—driven by the explosive growth of AI—are demanding more power than ever, often in places where the grid is already strained. And while decarbonization remains technically optional—for those serious about resilience, sustainability, and long term viability, it’s a necessity. These three forces—electrification, digitization, and decarbonization—are colliding, reshaping how our energy system works and who it’s built for.
The challenge isn’t just technical. It’s structural. We are moving towards a world of abundant clean electricity—but too often, it’s available at the wrong time, or in the wrong place. Permitting and interconnection can add years of delays. And even when approved, major transmission projects often take decades to complete, if they manage to get built at all. And many of the rules that govern our electricity markets weren’t built for flexibility, speed, or innovation.
So what if we didn’t wait for the system to catch up? What if we reimagined where clean power is built, who it serves, and how it’s delivered? What if gigawatt-scale clean energy projects were already breaking ground—designed to power data centers, industrial loads, and the digital infrastructure reshaping our world?
That’s exactly what Sheldon Kimber, Co‑Founder and CEO of Intersect Power, is doing: imagining a better energy future, and then building it—faster than anyone thought possible.“
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watt-it-takes/id1554962073

Sheldom Kimer said something that Iʻve been thinking about. “You wonʻt find a political solution to a societal problem.”

That is debatable. Maybe not a solution but certainly multiple solutions to individual societal problems are within reach. So on that I disagree.
Otherwise, it was astonishing. Both of them were.

We will now resume pretending that Donald Trump is the real President of the United States and has control over anything. I’d sure like to know who is running the show- not just Leo and Heritage, Thiel, Miller, Ellison and I believe, Putin. I mean as individuals

BumRushDaShow

(160,898 posts)
18. The thing they don't mention
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 02:45 PM
19 hrs ago

that has gotten lost in the AI frenzy is bitcoin. The power needs for "mining" (generating algorithms to access the blockchain) is also factoring since they apparently are attempting to get that fake currency completely into our banking system.

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