Bill Cameides highlights key obstacles to achieving global agreement on how to address climate change. His remarks are insightful and he writes with a degree of expertise that makes this more than mere commentary. He could have elaborated on several of his points, like mountaintop removal, or written more specifically on how we're to get a handle on coal. I came away from this with new information, though.

Considers two hurdles to an international agreement on reducing carbon emissions in the air. Well-sourced with links. Not very in-depth.

The article is thin to say the least, more of partial announcement blurb for the meeting. The writer also failed to paint a more accurate image of China's role as is indicated by the attached AP story.

Insufficiently critical of the CO2 control fantasy. No one is going to turn off the lights or build millions of windmills. Nuclear could replace coal, but it would cost money.