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Top Google search result on climate issues is a Climate Change Conspiracy blog

I was trying to find a thoughtful ranking of the top climate changes issues by searching Google "top environmental issues"

Instead, the snippet took me to this blog post: https://www.conserve-energy-future.com/top-25-environmental-concerns.php

And as I scrolled, I noticed that the blog frequently pushes false content on Global Warming being a hoax, as can be seen here (and linked in the above blog post): https://www.conserve-energy-future.com/top-10-unbelievable-reasons-that-prove-global-warming-might-be-hoax.php

It's saddening that Google is actively pushing fringe conspiratorial content for such common searches. While I know I'm not the first to stumble on this problem, this particular instance really took me by surprise.

1 points squigs25 4 years ago 1 comments

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