Monday, July 11, 2011

Word Choice Matters for Energy Policy

When President Barack Obama speaks about the fuels of the future, his term of choice is usually “clean energy.”

At the “Twitter Town Hall” last week, where people asked the president questions via Twitter, Mr. Obama referred to “clean energy” five times.

The only similar term he used was “alternative energy,” once. Other descriptors, like “renewable,” “sustainable” and “green,” were not mentioned.

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