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This fuel-efficient three wheel car leans into corners like a motorcycle and is nearly as exciting to drive. How to speak ecology with a forked tongue. Senior Obama administration officials Tuesday acknowledged climate negotiations in Copenhagen were in “a difficult state” and clashes over verification of emission reductions and other fundamental issues could stymie a final agreement. But the senior administration officials, who spoke in an press briefing on condition of anonymity, said they continued to have “very constructive” dialogue with their counterparts from China, the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter and a linchpin for a successful conference. “It’s fair to say that [negotiations] have been going in a pretty bumpy fashion and are often difficult,” said one of the officials. We may never see plug-in airplanes, but the airline industry is one step closer to breaking free from the bonds of petroleum. Chinese authorities are upset about efforts by some developed nations to kill the Kyoto Protocol at the United Nations-sponsored Copenhagen climate change conference, China’s special envoy on climate change said Tuesday. Associated Press Yu Qingtai, China’s ambassador on climate change “The Kyoto Protocol is more important than any single negotiation. So the Copenhagen climate conference is heading into crunch time, with an avalanche of world leaders arriving in coming days to put the finishing touches on the big climate accord. With just three days left, where do things stand at Copenhagen? Not particularly good Ministers painted a picture of a summit finely balanced between success and failure. Ed Miliband, the UK’s climate change minister, said Copenhagen “could still fail,” but was “more on track than it was yesterday.” Associated Press Ed Miliband, the British climate change minister Delegates were narrowing their differences, and there was hope they could be eliminated by the end of the week, when world leaders arrive in Denmark to seal a deal. But he warned there was still a long way to go. |
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