The hysteria of warming | delawareonline.com | The News Journal

Al Gore, Hollywood VIPs and deep-thinking intellectuals are scared we are cooking planet Earth. Their grim reports about global warming's cataclysmic effects (certain to occur anytime between later this afternoon and the middle of the 23rd century) are the latest in a string of disaster scenarios that make great movie themes. But in real life, such frenzied, Chicken Little predictions have posted a solid losing record.

HSBC bankers turn climate crunch champions - Telegraph

Bankers may not be the world's most popular people, but at HSBC they have the good of the planet at heart – the bank has invested $35 million in sending employees to assess the potential effects of climate change and preach the green gospel to colleagues back at the office. Serena Allott joins a group of volunteers in India.

Flashback: Gee, thanks a lot, HSBC!

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.

It's a tough climate for Elizabeth May and the Greens - The Globe and Mail

Whither the Green Party? Since Copenhagen, climate change has done a fast fade as a high-priority issue. Al Gore is yesterday's man. Michael Ignatieff has moved on from his carbon-tax days. Those discrediting climate change have gained ground. And Elizabeth May isn't happy.

The Green Party Leader is getting even less news media attention than usual, the usual being crumbs. There's no doubt, she says, that the neo-cons are being heard, no doubt that journalists have changed focus, no doubt that Copenhagen was a failure.
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The naysayers on climate change are driving her up the wall. “There is this completely bogus attempt to say that there is something wrong with the science. It amazes me.” The science tells us how much carbon dioxide is in the atmosphere, she says. “The data is rock-solid and it tells us that there's now 30 per cent more CO2 than at any time.” It's “not complicated. It's like, if you add salt to water, you're going to get salt water.”