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Published 2 years ago

Google accused of airbrushing carbon emissions in flight search results

Summary by Ground News
Google has been accused of airbrushing aviation emissions, after the company changed its flight search engine to halve the CO2 emissions attributed to any given trip. The company said it made the change following consultations with its "industry partners" It affects the carbon calculator embedded in the company's "Google Flights" search tool. Some experts say Google's calculations now represent just over half of the real impact of flights.

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BBC NewsBBC News

Google 'airbrushes' out emissions from flying, BBC reveals

Passengers could now underestimate their flights' emissions by nearly half using the Google tool, BBC reveals.

2 years ago·United Kingdom
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The GuardianThe Guardian

Google accused of airbrushing carbon emissions in flight search results

Tweak to search engine effectively halves the environmental impact stated for each tripGoogle has been accused of airbrushing aviation emissions, after the company changed its flight search engine to halve the CO2 emissions attributed to any given trip.The change, first noted by the BBC, affects a feature on Google Flights that shows the estimated carbon emissions of each route. The company flags routes with higher or lower than typical emission…

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom
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The IndependentThe Independent

Google accused of ‘airbrushing’ impact of flights by changing its climate calculator

The search engine giant is accused of having ‘airbrushed’ the impact of plane travel from its pages

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom
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Evening StandardEvening Standard

Google flight emission changes: Search engine “airbrushes” out emissions from flying

Google has changed the way it measures its emissions

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom
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Business InsiderBusiness Insider

Google changed its Google Flights carbon calculator in a way that has 'airbrushed' the real environmental impact of aviation, experts say

Since July, the Google Flights tool only shows the CO2 emissions of flights, excluding up to two-thirds of their true climate impact.

2 years ago·United States
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EuronewsEuronews

Google accused of ‘airbrushing’ parts of your flight's climate impact

Aviation accounts for 3.5 per cent of human-caused global warming. Campaigners worry the non-CO2 impacts are now being ignored.

2 years ago·France
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