I guess if you just don't say it, climate change goes away.

This is absolutely Orwellian.
You can't use the term "Climate change", because it might cause a "visceral reaction" on the part of The Dear Leader?

This is the group that complains about Political Correctness stifling speech? 

These "Snowflakes" can't even deal with seeing words they don't like? 
I guess that the DOE is a "safe space" for infantilized republicans.

We are soon going to find out if the People are as stupid as Trump thinks they are.
Our democracy, science, even the concept of reason triumphing over superstition is at risk.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/03/energy-department-climate-change-phrases-banned-236655

Energy Department climate office bans use of phrase ‘climate change’

A supervisor at the Energy Department's international climate office told staff this week not to use the phrases "climate change," "emissions reduction" or "Paris Agreement" in written memos, briefings or other written communication, sources have told POLITICO.

Employees of DOE’s Office of International Climate and Clean Energy learned of the ban at a meeting Tuesday, the same day President Donald Trump signed an executive order at EPA headquarters to reverse most of former President Barack Obama's climate regulatory initiatives. Officials at the State Department and in other DOE offices said they had not been given a banned words list, but they had started avoiding climate-related terms in their memos and briefings given the new administration's direction on climate change. 

The Office of International Climate and Clean Energy is the only office at DOE with the words "climate" in its name, and it may be endangered as Trump looks to reorganize government agencies. It plays a key role in U.S. participation in the Clean Energy Ministerial and Mission Innovation, two international efforts launched under Obama that were designed to advance clean energy technology.

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At the meeting, senior officials told staff the words would cause a "visceral reaction" with Energy Secretary Rick Perry, his immediate staff, and the cadre of White House advisers at the top of the department.
 

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