Financial Standard - NY fund invests $200m in climate change [fraud]

The New York State Common Retirement fund invested $200 million in the FTSE Environmental Technology 50 and HSBC Global Climate Change Index.
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"Climate change is set to be one of the defining investment themes of the future and having identified this macro challenge early on, the fund will be positioned to drive the climate change agenda," said Joaquim de Lima, global head of equity quantitative research at HSBC.

Flashback: 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.

Skeptic's Corner: "Notable Quotes"

[Charles Krauthammer] So the net effect on the planet of drilling elsewhere instead of here is that there is more pollution and despoiling of the environment, and it reduces American jobs. It makes no sense at all.