Saturday, January 01, 2011

Next Year Offers Little Cheer for Those Battling Climate Change


For advocates of action to prevent climate change, 2010 was mostly a year to forget.

It began with gloom, after the collapse of the Copenhagen climate meetings in December 2009. The mood darkened further as it became clear that cap-and-trade legislation to combat greenhouse gas emissions would not pass the U.S. Congress.

A sliver of hope came from a modest agreement at climate meetings in Cancún, Mexico, earlier this month, on a more solid multinational commitment to finding ways to cut emissions.

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