The Instagram wellness influencers spreading climate misinformation

A new report details a growing fad among a certain sect of conspiracy-minded health and lifestyle influencers on Instagram: climate denial

When Cecile Simmons, a part-time yoga instructor, scrolled through her Instagram feed earlier this year, she noticed something peculiar happening among the health and wellness influencers she followed: some had started posting climate change conspiracies.

A post from the New Age spirituality account @aguidetoawakening, for example, had told its 10,900 fo…