So Sean Goldman is taken from the father he knows, his sister, his grandmother, his culture and his home right before Christmas. I hope David Goldman is proud of himself. He has won his powertrip with the help of our government. Of course the boy was only given back to his father because our gov't threatened to withhold money from Brazil. Yes, I am ashamed for this country. I guess nobody was thinking of Sean. Funny how David Goldman was suddenly longing for his son only after his ex-wife died. Nice pr by the papers, too, with all the happy photos of David and 3 year old Sean.

I lean left politically but I think it was a bit premature to put the brakes on nuclear power. It certainly wasn't the answer to all the problems but it certainly made for a cleaner option on the way to fusion and other power generation systems of the future.

China long ago imported most of its oil, now it has to import coal and it lacks abundant natural gas so it has to import that as well. India is in a similar situation but they are nuch further along with renewables than China was at that stage of its development. The US has tons of coal and gas and only imports oil. The carbon triad looks worse and worse for China which may wind up at the mercy of cartels for its energy. No wonder they've ordered so many nuclear reactors. At the end of the day, the energy crunch will put China to the test while India adjusts and the US gets to keep putting off the hard choices. I'm not saying we'll "win", but we will have more time to ease away from carbon.

thats niave. if only some countries curb emissions and others dont, there is no benifit to the world.

India and China want more success. They're obviously ambitious and could care less about its impact on the world. they dont want to coroporate. so long as we allow our corporations to build their economies with our industries they are going to challenge the us/europe more and more. its funny to see the chicken heads talking of iran, n. korea, venuzela all the obvious writing on the wall.

"coroporate" -- I think you mean cooperate. This is why China and India are winning . . .

Yeah, now we're gonna tell Asia not to pollute after we created Love Canal, PCBs in the Hudson, the Hummer, etc. (And the Indian and Chinese hummer are far superior to the American Hummer). The whole posturing is based on economic pressure. Is anyone harping on Putin about the Aral Sea or Lake Baikal? You can have all the agreements you want, China will just dodge it and put lead in everything. Let's try energy consevation, energy efficiency, and less waste in the US, then preach to the world.

Yes, certainly it'd be better for everybody to participate, particularly heavy polluters like India and China, but nobody is willing to take the first step. Those who are willing should do what they can, rather than pointing fingers at others as to why there's no global agreement. But, nobody really seems to be willing.

The reason why India and China are the heaviest polluters is because the US and everybody else ships much of their manufacturing there. If you don't want our corporations to build factories there, all that pollution would be here.

That Guardian article is ridiculous. No single country can derail true commitment to environmental reform. Obama, Merkel, and any other leader of an industrialized country can go ahead and push their respective countries to pursue the targets on their own.