Group says Scott Walker bans employees from talking about climate change [Rated: FALSE]

PolitiFact Wisconsin ^ | June 16, 2015 | Sarah Hauer

[Cincinatus' Wife]

If a website from a progressive group is to be believed, state workers in Wisconsin cannot even say the words "climate change."

So the scottaway.com website, developed by an operation called Forecast the Facts, allows readers to click a red button on the screen and get alternative words to use, like "weather roulette" and "extended Popsicle season."

One tongue-in-cheek offering: "In the U.S., FREE OUTDOOR HEATING is predicted to cause more heat waves, flooding, wildfires, sea level rise and drought."

Forecast the Facts, a project of the progressive Citizen Engagement Laboratory, says it developed the website in response to government denial of climate change.

"Governors Rick Scott (FL) and Scott Walker (WI) both run state governments that ban employees from talking about climate change," the group said on the site....

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Our rating

Forecast the Facts said Walker runs a state government that bans "employees from talking about climate change."

But the group could only name one obscure agency, outside of the governor's jurisdiction, that has such a rule in place. The rule was aimed at barring its workers from doing climate-change work while on state time. And that rule is poised to be amended. Meanwhile, we found plenty of examples where state agencies were discussing climate change.

We rate the claim False.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

I'm sure you saw the headlines.

These Green Nazis are like ISIS - they rely on social media to spread propaganda.

[dp0622]

I wonder if you can say “man made climate change is nonsense” around obummer.

[Ingtar]

I am sure you could... once.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Good point!

Then again, do they laugh out loud about this scam behind closed doors?

Scott Walker Is the Worst Candidate for the Environment

[Impala64ssa]

This is surprising coming from Politifact. Now if they’d only give the “hands up don’t shoot” narrative a “pants on fire”, or at least a false rating....

[Cincinatus' Wife]

So true.