Wisconsin Bans State Workers from Discussing Climate Change, and a Trend is Born

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Wisconsin state officials on Tuesday banned employees of a state agency from discussing climate change, conducting any work on the topic, or even responding to an email about the warming climate, Bloomberg News reports.

The ban applies to state employees who work for an agency that oversees a Wisconsin public land trust. The effort was spearheaded by State Treasurer Matt Adamczyk, a Republican, and enacted by a vote of Wisconsin’s Board of Commissioners of Public Lands.

“It’s not a part of our sole mission, which is to make money for our beneficiaries,” Adamczyk, who sits on the board, told Bloomberg. “That’s what I want our employees working on. That’s it. Managing our trust funds.” Two of the board’s three members voted for the ban. Wisconsin Secretary of State Douglas La Follette, a Democrat, voted against it.


Wisconsin’s ban is a far more explicit version of the ban reportedly imposed on officials at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. According to a report last month from the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting, DEP employees have been barred from using the phrases “climate change” and “global warming” in any official communications, emails, or reports since shortly after Governor Rick Scott came into office in 2011.

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http://www.newsweek.com/wisconsin-bans-state-workers-discussing-climate-change-and-trend-born-321008

[catbyte]

1. Distressing and pathetic. They are only harming their own children.

[hatrack]

15. No, they're special and different! Money and Jesus (but mostly money) will save them!

And did I mention that they're special? And different?

[ananda]

2. Notwithstanding the Constitution and freedom of speech and all.

..

[edhopper]

3. And people keep re-electing

the Koch-Governors.

[Rex]

4. Why ban something that is supposedly not real? Are they going to ban talking about sci-fy next?

I swear, the levels of stupid on the planet always find ways to amaze me.

[appalachiablue]

5. What will state workers be banned from discussing next?

[Laffy Kat]

6. Hope this doesn't extend to college faculty members.

My son is starting college at Ripon this fall. He is engineering/enviro. science.

[joeybee12]

8. Is Ripon a state school?

I'm willing to bet it does...the idiots.

[Poiuyt]

9. Ripon is a private college

[joeybee12]

13. Then they're not state employees, so the state

can't dictate what they say...not that they can anyway, and this latest BS will be challenged.

[Laffy Kat]

14. Yes, it is a small private college.

For some reason I am thinking private colleges still get some support from the state, but I hope I'm wrong.

[lpbk2713]

7. However they ARE allowed to discuss ...

the latest comments heard on the OxyRush Hatefest Hour.

These clowns are pathetic.

[cui bono]

10. The only freedom these idiots care about is that which pertains to food names.

Freedom Fries.

That was really important. It affected our entire existence on earth. Good thing they called them that.

[BrotherIvan]

11. How is this even legal?

I hope someone finds a way to challenge these laws fast.

[Art_from_Ark]

12. I agree

This should be challenged.