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# Google is Giving People Bad, Fossil Fuel-Funded Info on the Green New Deal
- URL: https://readsludge.com/2021/02/16/google-is-giving-people-bad-fossil-fuel-funded-info-on-the-green-new-deal/
- Published: 2021-02-16T17:25:50.000Z
- Updated: 2023-04-19T14:42:08.000Z
- Description: A conservative think tank with funding from the fossil fuel industry put out a cost estimate seemingly intended to cause sticker shock atop search results.
- Author: David Moore
- Tags: American Action Forum, American Action Network, American Petroleum Institute, Brick House Cooperative, Climate, Dark Money, economics, environment, Green New Deal, #wordpress, #Import 2023-07-20 16:54

For the past two years, people who Google the term “cost of Green New Deal” have seen at the top of their results a price tag of $93 trillion. 

This figure comes from something called the American Action Forum (AAF), which is described by sites like Wikipedia and FactCheck as “center-right” or “conservative.” In Google search results, the “featured snippet” up top about the Green New Deal references Wikipedia and says AAF estimates the cost at $600,000 per household. This is probably when many internet searchers close the tab. Other searchers see a sponsored ad from the R Street Institute, titled “Big Problems in Green New Deal,” that warns of potential costs to consumers. 

Read the post at [The Brick House Cooperative](https://thebrick.house/google-is-giving-people-bad-fossil-fuel-funded-info-on-the-green-new-deal/).