A link from the main Google page leads a viewer to “explore the potential impacts of climate change on our planet Earth and learn about solutions for adaptation and mitigation,” but provides absolutely no voices skeptical or critical of the science. The page includes organizations such as Greenpeace, the World Wildlife Fund, Al Gore, and actor Ted Danson. One video comes from Steve Schneider, whose name appears in a number of the leaked Climate Research Unit emails and whose website prominently features the “hockey stick” chart now at the center of the climate change debate. 

The site includes links to Google’s super-fun GoogleEarth application, which allows users to survey the effects of mankind on the environment. But no space is dedicated whatsoever to the controversy over the science — the page is a full-on whitewash. This is unusual for Google, a company that has thrived on encouraging openness.