Great picture of Pachoori and the Goracle praising Gaia.

http://blogs.the-american-interest.c...-planet-earth/

The Washington Post this morning has a strong story on the collapse of the movement to stop climate
change through a binding treaty negotiated under UN auspices. And even the normally taciturn New
York Times is admitting that the resignation of the top UN climate change negotiator suggests that
no global treaty will be coming this year.

Short summary: the current iteration of the movement-with its particular political project and
goals-is dead. This will not be news to readers of this blog where the news was announced on
February 1, but never mind.


Anyway, as the Post now belatedly acknowledges, the movement to stop climate change through a
Really Big and Comprehensive Grand Global Treaty is dead because there is no political consensus in
the US to go forward. It's dead because the UN process is toppling over from its own excessive
ambition and complexity. It's dead because China and India are having second thoughts about even
the smallish steps they put on the table back in Copenhagen.

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