(global warming news) US Senate deals blow to global climate talks - Sydney Morning Herald

A year and a half after President Barack Obama breathed new life into global talks on a climate treaty, the United States is back in a familiar role — the holdout. The Senate's decision Thursday to shelve legislation on climate change is certain to cast a long shadow over December's meeting in Cancun, Mexico that will work on a successor to the Kyoto Protocol. The clock is ticking on sealing a new treaty, with the Kyoto Protocol's obligations for rich nations to cut emissions expiring at the end of 2012. But without Senate action, it would be difficult for the United States to meet another promise — to contribute, along with the European Union, Japan and other rich nations, to a 100 billion-dollar fund to help poor nations cope with climate change.

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