American Thinker: Did NBC Risk Employee Lives in a Green Agenda Stunt?

So a TV anchor and her crew may have risked severe injury and perhaps death to take pictures of mountain peaks readily available on-line ... to confirm the established conclusions of qualified scientists.

And for what? The straw man tactic of suggesting proof of melting is proof of warming-induced melting is equally absurd to suggesting proof of global warming is proof of anthropogenic global warming (AGW).

And of particular insignificance when the antecedent is uncontested.

Lomborg: Cold cash on its own can't cool a "warm" globe | The Australian

Many green pundits have, however, started saying that the financial crisis only makes the need for action on climate change greater. They urge US president-elect Barack Obama to pursue a "green revolution" with big investments in renewable energy, arguing that this could create millions of new "green collar" jobs and open huge new markets.

Unsurprisingly, such sentiments are strongly voiced by business leaders who live off such subsidies. But are such pleas smart investments for society?
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Not surprisingly, the leading Danish wind producer is today urging strong action on climate change that would imply even more sales of wind turbines. The company sponsors the Planet in Peril show on CNN, which helps galvanise public pressure for action.

The crucial point is that many green technologies are not cost-effective, at least not yet. If they were, we wouldn't need to subsidise them.