References to “Climate Change” Removed from DOE Documents

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References to “Climate Change” Removed from DOE Documents

Date: December 2016

Agency: DOE, Federal

Explanation: Self-Censorship

Scientist: Climate

In January 2017, a Department of Energy (DOE) employee told “This American Life” that staffers had removed references to “climate change” from internal documents and attempted to re-frame climate-related projects as relating to “weather” or “jobs” in the lead-up to President Trump’s inauguration.

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