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Andres Oppenheimer
More than 6,000 environmental officials from throughout the world started a new round of
Although 2010 will be one of the hottest years in recorded history, and greenhouse gas emissions are expected to reach record highs, there are several reasons why
First, no matter what the Obama administration signs in
There will be 11 new senators and 36 House members -- many of them ultra-conservative Republicans -- in the new
"The new
Indeed, the leading candidates to chair the Republican-controlled
The
Second,
Third, European countries, much like
Kaweh Zahedi, the United Nations Environmental Program climate change coordinator, told me that while there are virtually no expectations for a mega-agreement in
But even in the unlikely event that the
My opinion: The new political realities in
I used to think that individual eco-friendly actions such as driving a fuel-efficient car or asking your cashier at the supermarket to use fewer plastic bags were quixotic gestures, and that global warming could only be solved via an international agreement.
But with the world getting warmer every day and little likelihood that governments will reach any binding deal anytime soon, I'm beginning to change my mind. If we don't start taking actions from the bottom up, we may end up baked by the sun before the U.N. conference takes real action.
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Global Warming Conference Faces Meltdown