Concern Sparked by Recent Changes to a Department of Energy Website for Kids

[Bill USA]

https://www.propublica.org/article/childs-play-team-trump-rewrites-a-department-of-energy-website-for-kids

Almost 20 years ago, the U.S. Energy Information Administration had an idea: Make an educational website for children about energy sources and the science behind them.

In short order, the EIA created “Energy Kids,” which now features energy-themed sudoku and crossword puzzles, colorful pie charts and a know-it-all mascot called Energy Ant. Images of a school bus parked between a coal plant and an oil rig adorn the bottom of the web page, along with drawings of wind turbines, solar panels and an energy-efficient lightbulb.

During the Obama administration, Energy Kids even won multiple international awards for its content and design, as well as one from a digital publishing company that hailed it as “the best of the best in open and engaging government.”

In recent weeks, language on the website describing the environmental impacts of energy sources has been reworked, and two pie charts concerning the link between coal and greenhouse gas emissions have been removed altogether.

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[Rhiannon12866]

1. Geez! One more addition to the dumbing down of America...

[BeckyDem]

2. Fraud, absolute fraud. Trump has to be the most cyncial man ever to be president.