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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.”

  • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
    6·
    8 hours ago

    Assholes have never even heard of a thesaurus. Plus, we now have AI at our backs. Behold, what ChatGPT ginned up for me a second ago:

    1. Global heating
    2. Planetary warming
    3. Atmospheric instability
    4. Rising planetary temperatures
    5. Ecological overheating
    6. Weather system disruption
    7. Global temperature shift
    8. Planetary imbalance
    9. Atmospheric warming trend
    10. Earth system disturbance
    11. Heat-driven weather extremes
    12. Long-term planetary warming
    13. Rising global heat levels
    14. Ecological destabilization
    15. Planet-wide heat surge
    16. Environmental overheating
    17. Temperature-driven disruption
    18. Global heat imbalance
    19. Accelerated warming of Earth
    20. Planetary-scale weather disruption

    I get that this works as long as they’re willing to play by the rules they set. But if it comes down to getting the word out, and silencing science that could save lives, it’s worth trying.