'Sick and tired of alarmism': MyNews24

When you wonder about all the fuss, just think of all the corporations and governments that stand to make a lot of money from environmental taxes, research grants and green energy.

I am not saying don't conserve, I am all for reduced emissions, a reduced dependency on fossil fuels and a cleaner, healthier environment.

What I am opposed to, is alarmism.

Carbon trading: pulling the cap on tight at Copenhagen - Carbon Offsets Daily

Yesterday was day one of a conference on carbon trading — a phenomenon that will either save the world from rising carbon emissions, or is a “scam” that is part of the problem.

One of the selling points of the Carbon Market Insights Conference is that it is taking place in the same venue as the hugely important conference of parties to the UN framework convention on climate change in December. Arriving there by metro in the drizzle this evening, I was confronted by a building site around which you have to walk to the west entrance of the euphemistically named Bella Centre. No, you can’t gain access through the east entrance and no, the building works won’t be complete by December.

Yes, there is an enormous wind turbine gracing the main entrance though – the Danes, unlike the Brits, have welcomed wind power into their hearts, landscapes, cities, ports and car parks, even airports. Energy-efficient lightbulbs and cycle lanes also abound. So I can forgive them the annoying walk in the drizzle and the fact that, weirdly, there is no metro connection at the central railway station.