Tim Ball: Truth and Reality Exiting Stage Left

The list of absolute contradictions about environment and economies gets longer every day as we drift further from logic and reason.

Xenophon to oppose emissions trading scheme | The Courier-Mail

THE new thorn in the Rudd Government's side - Senator Nick Xenophon - will not support the proposed emissions trading scheme.
He believes the scheme is inefficient and too costly.
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The promise of deeper cuts could further destabilise the Coalition, with many in the National Party still sceptical about climate change.

But if you still want to "sin", can't you buy indulgences through HSBC?

Ed Miliband, U.K. secretary of state for energy and climate change, is joining Diocese of London Bishop Richard Chartres, chair of Shrinking the Footprint, and Diocese of Liverpool Bishop James Jones to launch Tearfund's Carbon Fast this Wednesday (February 25). Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is also supporting the fast which is calling for a cut in personal carbon use over the 40 days.

Banking boss Nick Robins, head of HSBC's Climate Change Centre of Excellence, is one of the high profile speakers at a series of events run in the Diocese of Southwark (Merton Deanery) at Holy Trinity, South Wimbledon to promote Green Faith in Lent.

Barclays and HSBC: making the case for climate action by big banks - ClimateChangeCorp.com

The opportunities for banks from climate change are huge, according to HSBC, one of the world’s biggest banks.

“We can finance a wholesale shift to a low carbon economy”, Jon Williams, head of sustainable development for the bank, told the summit. “Climate change can be tackled at minimal economic cost if we do it today”.