This is a quick addendum to yesterday’s post on the 2011 budget President Obama unveiled. The New York Times got back to us quickly about the discrepancy we found in their chart on the 2011 budget breakdown within the Department of Energy. The two squares under “Energy” in the bottom right of the chart that were marked “Efficient and Renewable Energy” have now been corrected. There is now a clear distinction between money for “Energy Conservation” and money for “Energy Supply”. According to the chart, money budgeted for energy conservation will increase 22.5% from 2010 to $1.30 billion while money put toward energy supply will fall 1.7% to $1.06 billion. The response from the NY Times’ Graphics Department is pasted below.

Sorry for the confusion. We originally were using the labels provided by the OMB but have since clarified some of them, like the one you mentioned. Thanks for the feedback.

- Justin Manger