The US Department of Energy deleted approximately 6,000 pages of energy conservation guidance while a historic heatwave hit the country.
The timing followed Republican backlash against New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's request that residents set AC units to 78 degrees to reduce grid strain. Ted Cruz, Nikki Haley, and Representative Nancy Mace framed the conservation request as socialism. The DOE then pulled the pages.
The full Verge report connects the deletion directly to the political response, raising questions about whether federal energy guidance is now being shaped by viral outrage cycles. Read it for the documented sequence of events.
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