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Showing Original Post only (View all)Dept of Agriculture censors use of "climate change" [View all]
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/07/usda-climate-change-language-censorship-emailsStaff at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have been told to avoid using the term climate change in their work, with the officials instructed to reference weather extremes instead.
A series of emails obtained by the Guardian between staff at the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), a USDA unit that oversees farmers land conservation, show that the incoming Trump administration has had a stark impact on the language used by some federal employees around climate change.
A missive from Bianca Moebius-Clune, director of soil health, lists terms that should be avoided by staff and those that should replace them. Climate change is in the avoid category, to be replaced by weather extremes. Instead of climate change adaption, staff are asked to use resilience to weather extremes.
The primary cause of human-driven climate change is also targeted, with the term reduce greenhouse gases blacklisted in favor of build soil organic matter, increase nutrient use efficiency. Meanwhile, sequester carbon is ruled out and replaced by build soil organic matter.
A series of emails obtained by the Guardian between staff at the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), a USDA unit that oversees farmers land conservation, show that the incoming Trump administration has had a stark impact on the language used by some federal employees around climate change.
A missive from Bianca Moebius-Clune, director of soil health, lists terms that should be avoided by staff and those that should replace them. Climate change is in the avoid category, to be replaced by weather extremes. Instead of climate change adaption, staff are asked to use resilience to weather extremes.
The primary cause of human-driven climate change is also targeted, with the term reduce greenhouse gases blacklisted in favor of build soil organic matter, increase nutrient use efficiency. Meanwhile, sequester carbon is ruled out and replaced by build soil organic matter.
If this is happening in that department, it's probably happening in other ones, too
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Thanks sis. I would bet there is pushback going on from the lower level civil servants
suffragette
Aug 2017
#4
Agree this is important. Best we are aware of the terms they using so we can recognize when
suffragette
Aug 2017
#9
Yes, this is their agenda in action. It was similar under Bush. Remember the minders at
suffragette
Aug 2017
#6
Those farmers that are directly affected by climate change barely believe in climate change
DK504
Aug 2017
#3
I remember quite a few years ago I saw an article about climate assessment that was being
suffragette
Aug 2017
#8
Yep. It looks like there might be a split between local Repubs having to deal with the reality of
suffragette
Aug 2017
#11
Hey Gov't employees how about a little push back? Stop normalizing this shit! nt
chowder66
Aug 2017
#18
You're right and using your head. Me.. not so much lately. But I do wish we would see a bigger
chowder66
Aug 2017
#29
So, according to their new directive, "build soil organic matter" will make all the difference.
suffragette
Aug 2017
#32
Isn't this that whole "political correctness" thing righties are always throwing tantrums about?
ck4829
Aug 2017
#25
Well they'd better ban words like "worldwide famine", "underwater cities", and so on too
flibbitygiblets
Aug 2017
#27
Thanks. Now they're trying to deny it, even though their own emails show the change.
suffragette
Aug 2017
#38
They should go ahead and use the banned words, but put a "censored" stamp over them.
alfredo
Aug 2017
#39
I didn't know this. How absurd. And yes, them refusing to call it by the appropriate term
suffragette
Aug 2017
#45
During the Bush Jr. years "global warming" was changed to "climate change"
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Aug 2017
#48